Leave It on the Floor
- Director: Sheldon Larry
- Writer: Glenn Gaylord
- Producer: Marc L. Bailin; Gabriel Blanco
CGiii Comment
The musical...the most difficult of genres. And, sometimes it all just comes together...
Think: Paris is Burning without the prostitution, the drugs or the virus.
The budget may have been tiny...but, the talent, on both sides of the camera, is immense.
The music pounds throughout...This is my Lament is staggeringly powerful...as is His Name is Shawn.
There are a few wobbly moments...the opening scene is not the greatest way to start a movie...but, don't let that put you off...it gets better and better.
Without a doubt, it will leave you with the broadest of smiles smeared across your cynical phizzogs...if it doesn't, you are clinically depressed.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Our African-American hero , Brad is bullied by his dysfunctional mom; he flees his home and by chance tumbles down the rabbit-hole into the LA ball scene where he finds a ragtag new famiiy. With music by Beyonce music director, Kim Burse, screenplay and lyrics by Glenn Gaylord choreography by Beyonce dance master, Frank Gatson Jr. and eye-popping visuals and direction by Sheldon Larry, the film is an ode to the wild funky and heart-aching life of this amazing underground.
Cast & Characters
Ephraim Sykes as Bradley Darnell Lyle;
Andre Myers as Carter;
Phillip Evelyn as Princess Eminence;
Barbie-Q as Queef Latina;
Cameron Koa as Duke Eminence;
James Alsop as Eppie Durall;
Metra Dee as Deondra Lyle;
Demarkes Dogan as Caldwell Jones;
Hailie Weaver as Ball Cashier / Hailie Allure;
D.J. Fatha Julz as MC at 1st and 3rd ball