Go For It!

Carmen is a good student with a bad attitude who lives
for dancing in the underground clubs of Chicago. She
yearns to be “somebody” but is afraid to believe in
herself. Her immigrant Mexican, working-class parents
want her to stay in school and get an education, so she
attends junior college while working at a grocery store.
Carmen's professor catches her performing one day in
the neighborhood and challenges her to audition to a
formal dance school in California. She gets into a fight
with her chaotic family and runs away to her best friend
Gina’s place only to find out Gina’s been getting beat up
by her boyfriend. Meanwhile, Carmen’s boyfriend, Jared
wants her to commit and move in with him. Pulled apart
in every direction, her dream of dancing fades. Can
Carmen overcome her fears and take the biggest chance
of her life, or will she succumb to her self-doubt?

[Based on the filmmaker's experience as a street dancer,
'Go For It!' was created to inspire urban youth to believe
in their inner-strength and follow their dreams.]

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