• Trending
    • Certified Fresh & Verified Hot
    • TV Premier dates
    • New horror Movies
    • Best Movies of All Time
  • Movies
    • Movies In Theaters
    • Movies at Home
  • TV Shows
    • New TV
    • Most Popular TV
  • News
    • What to Watch
    • Guides
    • RT News
    • Awards
  • Games
    • Find Your Next Horror Watch
  • Video
  • Showtimes
  • Fanstore
  • About Rotten Tomatoes
  • Critics
  • Download the App Now
  • Logout
Rotten Tomatoes
Suggestions will appear as you start typing. Submit search Movies Tv shows RT App New News Showtimes

Strip Down, Rise Up

Play trailer Poster for Strip Down, Rise Up R,  2021,  1h 52m,  Documentary Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 100% 6 Reviews Tomatometer 74% Fewer than 50 Ratings Popcornmeter
100% Tomatometer 6 Reviews 74% Popcornmeter Fewer than 50 Ratings
In an effort to reclaim their bodies and lives, a group of women explores the intersections of movement and meaning in a powerful pole dancing program.

Critics Reviews

View More
Amy Nicholson FilmWeek (LAist) Feb 6, 2021
It's a very interesting, moving idea, and there's a lot of women here who I found incredibly powerful. Go to Full Review
Lisa Kennedy Variety Feb 4, 2021
The doc is poignant, surprising and deftly reawakens questions about "patriarchy" - not by being a pole-dancing polemic but by foregrounding its characters' experiences. Go to Full Review
Barbara Shulgasser Common Sense Media Mar 2, 2021
4/5
Traumatized women heal by pole dancing; language, sexuality. Go to Full Review
Peter Canavese Celluloid Dreams Feb 16, 2021
4/4
What pole dancing is outside of the male gaze: body positivity, trauma recovery and reclaiming body and soul from toxic gender roles. Life-changing and very powerful. Go to Full Review
Jonathon Wilson Ready Steady Cut Feb 5, 2021
3.5/5
The dancing is, at least in part, a metaphor anyway, a symbolic representation of casting off doubt, embracing sexuality, and healing myriad wounds. Go to Full Review
Jade Budowski Decider Feb 5, 2021
A moving examination of women from all walks of life and how self love and confidence can come from unexpected places. Go to Full Review
Read all reviews
Strip Down, Rise Up

My Rating

Read More Read Less WRITE A REVIEW EDIT REVIEW POST RATING

Cast & Crew

View All

Michèle Ohayon

Director

Sheila Kelley

Self

Jenyne Butterfly

Self

Amy Bond

Self

Michèle Ohayon

Writer

Michèle Ohayon

Producer

More Like This

View All
Pervert Park 95% 75% Pervert Park Watchlist Short Eyes 92% 83% Short Eyes Watchlist Stolen Seas 100% 82% Stolen Seas Watchlist Heavy Traffic 94% 74% Heavy Traffic Watchlist Mope 53% Mope Watchlist TRAILER for Mope Discover more movies and TV shows. View More
View All

Strip Down, Rise Up

Strip Down, Rise Up (2021) Strip Down, Rise Up (2021) View more photos

Movie Info

Synopsis In an effort to reclaim their bodies and lives, a group of women explores the intersections of movement and meaning in a powerful pole dancing program.
Director
Michèle Ohayon
Producer
Michèle Ohayon
Screenwriter
Michèle Ohayon
Production Co
Kavana Entertainment
Rating
R (Language|Descriptions of Sexual Abuse|Brief Graphic Nudity|Sexual Material)
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 5, 2021
Runtime
1h 52m
Join The Newsletter Join The Newsletter Cookie Settings