About the Screening
STEP is the true-life story of a girls’ high-school step team against the background of the heart of Baltimore. These young women learn to laugh, love and thrive – on and off the stage – even when the world seems to work against them. Empowered by their teachers, teammates, counselors, coaches and families, they chase their ultimate dreams: to win a step championship and to be accepted into college. STEP embodies the true meaning of sisterhood through a story of courageous young women worth cheering for.
Includes a post-film conversation with Director/Producer Amanda Lipitz.
Amanda Lipitz - Director/Producer
Winner of the Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Award for Inspirational Filmmaking, STEP is the first major feature from Tony Award-winning Broadway producer Amanda Lipitz (Broadway’s “Legally Blonde the Musical: The Search for Elle Woods,” “The View from the Bridge”). A Baltimore native herself, Lipitz grew up loving musical theater and entertainment and nurtured her passion at the Tisch School of the Arts at NYU before becoming the producer of Broadway’s “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” at age 24. In 2009, Lipitz began filming the girls of STEP when they first entered Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women (BLSYW) as the inaugural class and formed a step team to bolster one another. At the time, Lipitz was unaware just how layered and resonant their journey would become.