Colors Straight Up
It's the performance of their lives.
1997 · 94 min · ★ 7.2 · Documentary
The non-profit organization, Colors United, teaches drama to a group of inner city kids. The culmination of the theater education is a musical called Watts Side Story.
Directed by Michèle Ohayon
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