Genre: Romance, Drama, Comedy, Musical, Coming Of Age, School / Campus
Tagline: Half time is game time
Plot: For fans of America’s show-style marching bands, halftime is game time.A squad of players, some 300 strong and armed with musical instruments, takes over the field, commanding attention with their stirring, spectacular display of choreography and musicianship. The football contest’s controlled mayhem makes way for the blaring sound of trumpets and the heart-thumping rhythm of drums. Their sounds are rousing and rhythmic, exhilarating and entertaining, flamboyant and funky. As the bands pulsate and parade onto the gridiron, they are, for many, the real attraction of the game. As a team, they sport their own stars: a tuba player, a clarinetist, or a trumpeteer. Like a quarterback leading his team to victory, the drumline, a troupe of talented percussionists whose cadenced rhythm rocks the rafters of any dome, bring crowds to their feet with their daring feats of music and athleticism. Into this rigorous, ritualistic world comes a kid from a different culture. Devon Miles, a young, gifted hip-hop drummer from Harlem, wins a full music scholarship to Atlanta A&T University with the hopes of gaining a spot as a drummer on the school’s renowned marching band’s drumline. Devon, sporting a talent that is both raw and undisciplined, has one problem: He marches to the beat of his
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 | Zoe Saldana
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