Five minutes of cheerleading that'll floor you harder than a failed stunt.
Ronnie, a 17-year-old competitive cheerleader, literally holds her team on her shoulders as the central backspot position. When hormones, the increasing pressure from her mother/coach, and town rivalries turn serious, anxiety attacks strike, throwing her place in life and in the competition culture into a tailspin.
Direction
Waterson's claustrophobic close-ups weaponize cheerleading's intimacy.
Acting
Devery Jacobs' silent breakdown—no dialogue needed.
Director
D.W. Waterson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Waterson (they/them) made this before their feature 'Daddy'—part of a wave of nonbinary filmmakers dissecting bodily autonomy and performance.
The 'backspot' position is invisible until it fails—Waterson literalizes how society treats unseen labor, especially from women and queer people of color.
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