Save the Last Dance

Save the Last Dance

2001 · 1 hr 52 min · PG-13

Drama, Music, Romance

Directors

Thomas Carter

Actors

  • Julia Stiles
  • Sean Patrick Thomas
  • Kerry Washington

Credits: 1

Summary

A white midwestern girl moves to Chicago, where her new boyfriend is a black teen from the South Side with a rough, semi-criminal past.

More about this movie

Sara wants to be a ballerina, but her dreams are cut short by the sudden death of her mother. She moves in with her father, who she has not seen for a long time. He lives on the other side of town, in a predominantly Black neighborhood. She gets transferred to a new school where she is one of the few White students there. She becomes friends with Chenille, and later, falls in love with Chenille's brother, Derek.