Rize

Trendy fashion photographer turned filmmaker David LaChapelle's vibrant documentary about the urban dance phenomenon known as "krumping" opens with an odd assurance: "The footage in this film has not been sped up in any way." Once the film begins, the need for the disclaimer becomes clear: These adolescents and young adults, most from Los Angeles' beleaguered South Central neighborhood, shake, break, hump, bump and booty-pop with such dizzying speed that it sometimes feels as though it was all shot in fast-motion then played back in fast-forward. LaChapelle begins with images of L.A. in flames, first during the Watts riots of 1968, then in 2002, when the Rodney King ...