Step Sisters | |
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Directed by | Charles Stone III |
Written by | Chuck Hayward |
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Cinematography | Christopher Baffa |
Edited by | Matt Friedman |
Music by | Patrick Denny Laura Karpman Raphael Saadiq |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Netflix |
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Running time | 108 minutes [1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $10 million [2] |
Step Sisters is a 2018 dance comedy film directed by Charles Stone III. [3] It stars Megalyn Echikunwoke as a black sorority girl who agrees to teach the art of Greek stepping to a house of party-obsessed white sorority sisters. [4]
Jamilah is an ambitious college student. She's president of her black sorority, captain of the highly regarded step team, a trusted liaison to the college dean, and has plans to attend Harvard Law School.
But after her school's reputation is tarnished by a band of hard-partying white sorority girls, Jamilah is forcibly enlisted to help set things right. She's tasked with not only teaching these girls how to step, but also helping them to win a competitive dance competition. [5]
The film's main roles were cast in May 2016. [5] The film was scheduled to be released on March 31, 2017 by Broad Green Pictures. [6] [7] However, it was ultimately pulled from the schedule. [8] Shortly after, Netflix acquired distribution rights to the film, following Broad Green dropping the film, [9] and it was released by Netflix on January 19, 2018. [10]
On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 22% from nine reviews. [11]
Step Sisters | |
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![]() Official release poster | |
Directed by | Charles Stone III |
Written by | Chuck Hayward |
Produced by |
|
Starring | |
Cinematography | Christopher Baffa |
Edited by | Matt Friedman |
Music by | Patrick Denny Laura Karpman Raphael Saadiq |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Netflix |
Release date |
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Running time | 108 minutes [1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $10 million [2] |
Step Sisters is a 2018 dance comedy film directed by Charles Stone III. [3] It stars Megalyn Echikunwoke as a black sorority girl who agrees to teach the art of Greek stepping to a house of party-obsessed white sorority sisters. [4]
Jamilah is an ambitious college student. She's president of her black sorority, captain of the highly regarded step team, a trusted liaison to the college dean, and has plans to attend Harvard Law School.
But after her school's reputation is tarnished by a band of hard-partying white sorority girls, Jamilah is forcibly enlisted to help set things right. She's tasked with not only teaching these girls how to step, but also helping them to win a competitive dance competition. [5]
The film's main roles were cast in May 2016. [5] The film was scheduled to be released on March 31, 2017 by Broad Green Pictures. [6] [7] However, it was ultimately pulled from the schedule. [8] Shortly after, Netflix acquired distribution rights to the film, following Broad Green dropping the film, [9] and it was released by Netflix on January 19, 2018. [10]
On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 22% from nine reviews. [11]