"It's Gotta Be the Shoes"

As long as I could remember you had to have on the right pair of shoes to get certain respect or the notification that you were someone. And if you didn’t have on the latest brand name or wasn’t a fresh a pair of shoes you could get humiliated right away (especially on the first day of school). In the urban communities what pair of shoes you have own says a lot about you. A pair of shoes represent who you are what you stand for and also can also cause jealously in someone else’s life (oh yeah, a pair of shoes can go this far).

In his directorial debut Justin Tipping tells a story that is mostly a reflection of urban society but has experience this situation himself. As a sixteen year old teenager Justin experience getting his shoes stolen right off his feet. The first thing his brother told him after the incident was “now you’re a man” at first he didn’t understand that comment, how is getting my shoes stolen makes me man?  In this cultural crave driven society we put a lot of meaning on poession that makes some risk their lives to take somebody else life. From a pair of shoes, to a car, or other things that someone else has. This September the world will get to see a part of life that some many us are all too familiar with and hopefully people who are not familiar with this way of life have a better understanding how a pair of shoes mean much more then footwear.  For some many us who comes from the urban community, a pair of shoes goes a lot farther than something that is own our feet it gives us confidence, makes us feel different a person  that can  step out into the world and conquer anything that is thrown into our way. So this Sept 9 I urge movie lovers and shoe lovers to go see the movie “Kicks”.