First of all, it made the pole community look like a cult. They continuously forced people to do things they weren't comfortable with to gain their view of what expressing femininity meant. It was also widely irresponsible to portray pole class as a way to heal trauma. Yes it can help, but the instructor should not just thrust a group therapy session on everyone and act like they're qualified to do so. Even if she happens to have some qualifications, she did not apply them correctly in any way. This is unacceptable behavior by a fitness instructor. And the documentary has such a narrow view it doesn't really venture outside of this bizarre dangerous behavior, resulting in a horrible representation of the community. All around terrible.
Strip Down, Rise Up
2021
Documentary

Strip Down, Rise Up
2021
Documentary
Synopsis
Academy Award Nominated director Michèle Ohayon's Verite film follows women of all ages and ethnic backgrounds who heal trauma and body image shame through sensual dance and daring pole dance artistry.
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February 12, 2021
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Poor across the board
Misleading Content
If there's a 0 or -99 for me to select, I will. Not sure did the producer or production team ever done any research about pole dancing or just stumble upon a random support group that looks like some weird cult and decided to make the show. Pole dancing is nothing like that. It's really uncomfortable for me to watch. Glad that if the cult did help those traumatized women but pole dancing community is a cheerful, supportive and optimistic sport.
Wrong on so many levels
As a professional pole dancer myself, I found this boring, one sided (Jennyne Butterfly was the only sane and real person in this entire documentary) and purely "American" (drama and a lot of truly hard emotional stories but the way they directed it seemed to be just for the show and only for the viewer to FEEL something). The whole documentary was nothing but a commercial for the studio of Sheila. Waste of time , doesnt portray the real world of pole dancing by any means.