No Half Steppin'
TFI Suppport
Tribeca All Access® 2018
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When Malik’s single mother confiscates the speaker he uses to dance on the subway, he reinvents himself as the “man of the house” to earn her respect. As he fights a looming eviction from their South Bronx home, the call of his passion for dancing becomes too strong to ignore.
Joel Vargas
DIRECTOR, SCREENWRITER
Joel, creator of FLITE MODE (working title), was born and raised in public housing in The Bronx, New York. A filmmaker and activist, Joel is a former Fulbright Scholar and holds an MA in documentary filmmaking from the University of the Arts, London and has studied Narrative Film Production at the USC School of Cinematic Arts.
Alyssa Villegas
PRODUCER
Alyssa was born and raised in Uptown, Chicago. She worked as a community organizer in Humboldt Park, the historically Puerto Rican community in Chicago. For three years, she was a collective member for Batey Urbano, a former youth space aimed at providing artistic means of expression for at risk youth, focusing on spoken word, creative writing, and film. Alyssa worked as a program coordinator, mentor, and teacher at two community high schools, where she assisted Black and Latinx students’ transitions into post-secondary education.