Go for It!

Go for It!

105 mins | Drama, Family | May 13, 2011

Carmen is a good student with a bad attitude who lives for dancing in the underground clubs of Chicago. She yearns to be 'somebody' but is afraid to believe in herself. Her immigrant Mexican, working-class parents want her to stay in school and get an education, so she attends junior college while working at a grocery store. Carmen's professor catches her performing one day in the neighborhood and challenges her to audition to a formal dance school in California. She gets into a fight with her chaotic family and runs away to her best friend Gina's place only to find out Gina's been getting beat up by her boyfriend. Meanwhile, Carmen's boyfriend, Jared wants her to commit and move in with him. Pulled apart in every direction, her dream of dancing fades. Can Carmen overcome her fears and take the biggest chance of her life, or will she succumb to her self-doubt?

Go for It!

105 mins | Drama, Family | May 13, 2011

Go for It!
Carmen is a good student with a bad attitude who lives for dancing in the underground clubs of Chicago. She yearns to be 'somebody' but is afraid to believe in herself. Her immigrant Mexican, working-class parents want her to stay in school and get an education, so she attends junior college while working at a grocery store. Carmen's professor catches her performing one day in the neighborhood and challenges her to audition to a formal dance school in California. She gets into a fight with her chaotic family and runs away to her best friend Gina's place only to find out Gina's been getting beat up by her boyfriend. Meanwhile, Carmen's boyfriend, Jared wants her to commit and move in with him. Pulled apart in every direction, her dream of dancing fades. Can Carmen overcome her fears and take the biggest chance of her life, or will she succumb to her self-doubt?
IMDb rating 3.7
Producers Pantelion Film
Original title Go for It!
Directors Carmen MarrĂ³n
Writers

Cast

Aimee Garcia

as Carmen Salgado

Al Bandiero

as Frank Martin

Jossara Jinaro

as Loli

Gina Rodriguez

as Gina

Louie Alegria

as Pablo

Derrick Denicola

as Jared

Andres Perez-Molina

as Jesse Salgado

Gustavo Mellado

as Luis Salgado

Rene Rosado

as Nino

Peggy Goss

as Jared's Mother

Daniel Yabut

as Danny

Lisa Roumain

as Marina

Carlos Pratts

as Carlos

Karen Jin Beck

as DJ Shy

Alison Faulk

as Beat Freaks Dancer

Teresa Espinosa

as Beat Freaks Dancer

Sophie Green

as Woman Fighting in Club

Katie L. Hall

as Student-Katie Simpson

Marissa Labog

as All-Star Dancer

Rino Nakasone

as Imported Delight Leader

PeiPei Alena Yuan

as Imported Delight Dancer

Somaya Reece

as Self

Liliana Montenegro

as Irene Salgado