D."
TATI?
>> Tati: OVERCOMING ANY
MOTIVATION.
THEY DOCUMENT YOUNG LADIES
TRYING TO BECOME THE FIRST IN
THEIR FAMILIES TO BECOME COLLEGE
THEM.
>> THEY COME HOME TO NO LIGHTS,
NO FOOD IN THE REFRIGERATOR, AND
NO REFRIGERATOR AT ALL.
BUT IT'S ERASED OUT OF THEIR
LIFE.
YELLIN'.
WE MAKIN' MUSIC WITH OUR BODIES.
>> MY MOTHER IS ANNOYIN
I'M LIKE, MOM, CHILL SOMETIME.
>> I'M AN INTROVERT.
I'M EVERYTHING THAT SHE IS NO
I'M NOT VER DRAMATIC.
>> MY MISSION IS TO MAKE SURE
EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU
GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE.
>> Tati: SO I GOT TO SEE THE
MOVIE LAST NIGHT AND I'M EXCITED
THAT JOINING ME ARE THE THREE
YOUNG LADIES YO SAW IN THE CLIP
FROM THE TRAILER.
BLESSINGER, KAYLA AND ALONG WITH
THEIR STEP COACH.
COACH G.
AND I WAS LIKE, COACH G, THANK
YOU FOR BEING HERE.
WE'RE SO EXCITED TO HAVE YOU!
>> THANK YOU.
>> Tati: SO MANY YOUNG WOMEN
HVE ALL KIND OF CHALLENGES THAT
THEY DEAL WITH.
HOW DO YOU HOPE THAT BY YOU
THEM?
>> FIRST, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT
FOR PEOPLE TO REALIZE THAT
NATURE.
IT WAS A BIG PURPOSE, LIKE WE
HAD A BIG PURPOSE IN SHARING OUR
STORIES, BECAUSE WE WANT PEOPLE
TO KNOW THAT YOU USE YOUR
RESOURCES TO THE BEST OF YOUR
ABILITY AND USE WHAT LIFE GIVES
YOU TO MAKE YOUR SITUATION
STRUGGLES.
>> Tati: TELL ME WHAT IT WAS
JOURNEY.
>> EVERY TIME I SEE IT, I
APPRECIATE MY PROGRESS AND HOW
POSITIVE AND ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD
TOWARDS TRIUMPH.
AND I HOPE THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE
TAKE AWAY FROM THE STORY IS THAT
YOU BELIEVE IN YOURSELF, NO
MATTER WHAT.
>> Tati: I'M GOING OFF SKRIFT.
I LOVE YOUR MOM!
HELLO!
I KNOW SHE'S NOT FROM DETROIT.
>> SHE'S PROBABLY WATCHING, SHE
FOLLOWS EVERY MOVE.
>> Tati: HI, MYESHA!
WHAT WAS IT LIKE FOR HER TO BE
FOLLOWING YOU?
>> IT'S PART OF MY LIFE.
SHE CALLS ME EVERY DAY AND TEXTS
ME EVERY NIGHT AND MAKES SURE
I'M MOTIVATED.
DAY.
IT REVERSES.
SHE'S CALLS YOU NOW BUT LATER IT
WILL BE YOU CALLING HER.
>> MOM, I MISS YOU!
>> Tati: AND WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO
LIFE.
BALTIMORE IS A NO-JOKE CITY.
WHAT WAS IT LIKE FOR YOU?
>> IT WAS FAMILIAR.
WE SHARE A LOT OF THE SAME
CHARACTERISTICS AND
SOCIOECONOMIC STATUSES AND
STRUGGLES, AND IT PUSHED THEM TO
KEEP GOING FORWARD.
BEING ON THE STEP TEAM, HAVING
THE SAME TEACHERS, APPLYING TO
COLLEGE, GETTING INTO COLLEGES
AND NOT GETTING INTO COLLEGES,
AND IT PUSHED THEM TO PERSEVERE
AND MADE IT TO GRADUATION, 100%
COLLEGE ACCEPTANCE.
>> Tati: SO WHY STEP?
WHY DO YOU THINK IT RESONATES
WITH GIRLS IN BALTIMORE?
WHY NOT TRACK OR SOMETHING ELSE?
>> JUST A LITTLE DREAM FROM A
LITTLE BLACK GIRL.
WE ALL HAVE STEPS THAT HAVE
GOTTEN US THROUGH MANY DIFFERENT
THINGS.
ANY EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
IS IMPORTANT AND IMPERATIVE TO
THE ARTS BECAU IT SAVES YOUNG
PEOPLE AND PUSHES THEM TO MOVE
FORWARD WITH ACADEMICS.
STEP IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO
COLLEGE AND PLEDGING.
SOMETIMES PLEDGE.
SO WHEN YOU ARE IN A STEP TEAM,
THAT GIVES YOU HOPE TO LOOK
FORWARD.
>> Tati: SPEAKING OF... I THINK
YOU'LL TEACH ME A COUPLE MOVES.
>> OF COURSE.
>> Tati: I ALREADY WARNED THEM,
I'M NOT THAT GOOD.
SOME OF MY STUDENTS IN NEW YORK
TRIED TO TEACH ME AND IT DIDN'T
GO OVER SO WELL.
>> LADIES!
I'M GREAT!
[OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS]
>> I'M RIGHT HERE WITH YOU.
I'M RIGHT HERE WITH YOU.
ARE YOU READY?
>> Tati: YES, I'M READY.
>> I'M PLAYING STAGE HAND, DON'T
MIND ME.
WE'RE GONNA TEAR THIS ROOM UP!
>> Tati: THESE GIRLS ARE GOOD,
SO BE READY.
>> STOMP CLAP PAT, FIVE SIX
SEVEN AND STOMP PAT CLAP.
STAMP PAT CLAP.
>> I'M CLAPPIN', I'M CLAPPIN'.
>> STOMP CLAP PAT, STOMP CLAP.
FIVE SIX SEVEN AND STOMP CLAP
PAT, STOMP CLAP.
>> I'M GETTIN' IT.
STAMP CLAP PAT STAMP CLAP.
STOMP CLAP PAT STOMP CLAP.
>> I DON'T THINK I'M HELPING.
MAYBE I SHOULD BE IN THE BACK
ROW.
[OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS]
.
>> Tati: ONE MORE TIME.
>> FIVE SIX SEVEN, STOMP CLA
PAT, STOMP FLAT.
[OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS]
>> YOU NEVER MESSED UP.
>> FIVE SIX SEVEN AND. YES!
>> Tati: THANK YOU
>> YOU GUYS WERE GREAT!
>> Tati: FULL SPEED ONE MORE
TIME.
READY?
>> FIVE SIX SEVEN AND.
>> Tati: YES
STORY.