Pole Dance: Dança do Poder

Get ready for a lot of sobbing, and a lot of advertising Sheila's studio. Great stuff, everybody.

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.

I'm all about female empowerment and pole dancing. It is a fun and strength building exercise!!

And while I can understand and relate to a lot of what these women were going through and the healing they received from Pole Dancing, this was way too heavy on the trauma for me!

I started pole dancing because I was bored with my other workouts and stuck with it because it's hella fun ;) and other positive reasons. A cool place to hang out with other women. All that trauma would kill the buzz for me!

But super happy the women in the documentary found peace.

In understand that some may have issues with why the people here started their own journey into pole dancing. I understand that the theme throughout may feel or be a bit of a downer overall speaking. Of course there is the light at the end of the tunnel, that this helped a lot of people overcome judgement, fear and other social anxiety/norms and made them better or happier persons.

And that is what the documentary is about. It may not speak directly to you, but it shows what healing effect a bit of self love can have. And I am all about positive messages (even if I am also a cynic at heart - I balance those two things out). You don't have to love everyone involved here, you may not find everything beautiful that this movie delivers. But hopefully you at least can cheer on, with how some managed to put a spin on their life - and there is my daily dose of pun delivered! You're welcome.

This film was an interesting watch that tugged at the heart strings. Watching women unlock their bodies through sensual movement was so empowering. The back and forth with competitive pole dancers who do this art for sport and the beginner women who were learning S Factor for many different reasons was compelling. I was struck by HOW many women have suffered sexual abuse or trauma and the power that can be found allowing women to embody their full feminine without the male gaze. If women ever step into supporting one another the way the women in this film do, look out world. At the heart of this film are Evelyn and Megan, both unlocking their bodies that have been frozen for different reasons. I loved watching all the women in this whole movie supporting one another and lifting each other up.

An inspiring watch with lots of tears and some good laughs.