Marcy Garriott’s INSIDE THE CIRCLE: A B-Boy Chronicle
“If you can hold yourself down in battle, you can hold yourself down in life.”
- ROMEO NAVARRO, Founder B-Boy City
CREDITS: Producer, Director: Marcy Garriott; Cast: Josh ‘Milky’ Ayers, Omar Davilla, Romeo Navarro; Composed By Adrian Quesada; Animation & Associate Producer: Mario Jaramillo
Capturing the raw power of a grassroots hip-hop movement in the heart of Texas, INSIDE THE CIRCLE tells the story of two strikingly talented b-boys, Josh and Omar, former best friends who become rivals when they join competing dance crews. Immersed in the b-boy culture of defiant creativity, Omar rises to international renown while Josh tangles with the Texas criminal justice system. Both of them struggle to keep dance at the center of their lives, and the “B-Boy City” competitive events thrown by visionary street dancer Romeo Navarro serve as emotional milestones in their journey to adulthood. Facing off in intense dance battles that mirror the larger events in their lives, Josh and Omar seekredemption, identity and respect “inside the circle.” As Romeo aptly observes: “If you can hold yourself down in battle, you can hold yourself down in life.”
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“Amazingly good… FIND THIS MOVIE AND WATCH IT!” - www.aintitcool.com
“…All told, this film was chock full of amazing dancing, music and a story that at first seems simple, but evolves into an engrossing tale of three young men trying to get their lives together and live out their dreams. Easily the single most inspirational and gripping film of its kind that I’ve seen in quite some time…” - www.film.com
“An absorbing documentary about two Texas b-boys that not only features the most sizzling breakdancing to be seen on the big or small screen, but also does the only lucid job I’ve yet encountered of explaining the aesthetic of this street art without diluting its power…” -Michael Sragow, Baltimore Sun
“INSIDE THE CIRCLE is everything a documentary should be: fascinating, heartbreaking, and ultimately inspiring…” - www.austinist.com
“… a MUST-SEE film…” - Adrian Harewood, CBC Radio, Ottawa Canada
