Steppin: The Movie is a 2009

2009 in film

The year 2009 saw the release of many films. Seven made the top 50 list of highest-grossing films, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that as of this year, their Best Picture category would consist of ten nominees, rather than five .- Highest-grossing films :Please note...

 American musical

Musical film

The musical film is a film genre in which songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, though in some cases they serve merely as breaks in the storyline, often as elaborate...

 comedy film

Comedy film

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. The film stars Wesley Jonathan

Wesley Jonathan

Wesley Jonathan Waples , known professionally as Wesley Jonathan, is an American actor. He is best known for his starring role as Jamal Grant on the NBC Saturday morning dramedy series City Guys, the dim-witted Gary Thorpe on The WB sitcom What I Like About You, and as Sweetness in the 2005 film,...

 and Chrystee Pharris

Chrystee Pharris

Chrystee Pharris is an American television and film actress. She is notable for the roles of Simone Russell on the soap opera Passions and Kylie on the sitcom Scrubs.-Biography:...

, and was the last film directed by Michael Taliferro

Michael Taliferro

Michael Taliferro was an American film and television actor, sportsman and singer.-Personal life:Taliferro was born in Brooksville, Florida. He has an older brother, James Waldon Taliferro and two sisters, Olga and Cheryl Taliferro. Taliferro attended Texas Christian University. Taliferro never...

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Plot

A college campus springs to life when the local radio station announces the official opening of the step competition season. As the fraternities and sororities work to recruit the best talent, the heat is on to win big prize money and campus bragging rights.

Cast

• Wesley Jonathan
  Wesley Jonathan
  Wesley Jonathan Waples , known professionally as Wesley Jonathan, is an American actor. He is best known for his starring role as Jamal Grant on the NBC Saturday morning dramedy series City Guys, the dim-witted Gary Thorpe on The WB sitcom What I Like About You, and as Sweetness in the 2005 film,...
  
   as Terrence Lawerson
• Chrystee Pharris
  Chrystee Pharris
  Chrystee Pharris is an American television and film actress. She is notable for the roles of Simone Russell on the soap opera Passions and Kylie on the sitcom Scrubs.-Biography:...
  
   as Jennifer
• Monica Allgeier as Vicki
• Anthony Anderson
  Anthony Anderson
  Anthony Anderson is an American actor, comedian, and writer. He has starred in his own sitcom All About the Andersons, as well as the Fox sitcom The Bernie Mac Show during the fifth and final season of the show. He is also known for his leading roles in television dramas such as K-Ville, The...
  
   as Uncle Trevor
• James Avery
  James Avery
  James Avery may refer to:*James Avery , American TV actor*James Avery , Connecticut colonist, legislator, and military commander*James Avery Canadian baseball player...
  
   as The Chancellor
• Chico Benymon
  Chico Benymon
  Chico Benymon, is an American actor, singer, musician, and fashion designer best known for his role as Andre "Spencer" Williams on the UPN comedy Half & Half.-Upcoming Projects:...
  
   as Bryan
• Lil' Fizz
  Lil' Fizz
  Dreux Pierre Frédéric , better known as Lil' Fizz, is an American rapper and actor. He was best known for being the youngest member of the R&B group, B2K....
  
   as Jay
• J-Boog
  J-Boog
  Jarell Damonte Houston , better known as J-Boog, is an American R&B singer, rapper, and actor. His stage name came from his grandmother calling him "Boogie" because of his love of dancing, and the J is simply the initial of his first name. He is a former member of R&B group B2K...
  
   as Greg
• Mo'nique as Aunt Carla
• Darius McCrary
  Darius McCrary
  Darius Creston McCrary is an American film and television actor and singer. He is perhaps best known for his role as Eddie Winslow on the ABC/CBS television sitcom Family Matters...
  
   as Sinis
• Reginald VelJohnson
  Reginald VelJohnson
  Reginald VelJohnson is an American actor of film, stage and television, well known for his role as Carl Winslow on the sitcom Family Matters, where he was the only cast member to appear in every single episode. He also portrayed LAPD Sgt...
  
   as Mr. Shavers
• Dorien Wilson
  Dorien Wilson
  Dorien Wilson is an American television actor.-Career:Wilson has most notably played the parts of Professor Stanley Oglevee on the UPN sitcom The Parkers and of talk-show host Eddie Charles on HBO's series Dream On. He had a recurring role as Terrence on Sister, Sister...
  
   as James Brooks
• Kellie Shanygne Williams
  Kellie Shanygne Williams
  Kellie Shanygne Williams is an American actress, now known as Kellie Shanygne Jackson, but best known for her role as Laura Winslow on the television series Family Matters. Her middle name is pronounced Sha-neen".-Biography:...
  
   as CeCe
• Sticky Fingaz as Cedric
• Shar Jackson
  Shar Jackson
  Sharisse "Shar" Jackson is an American television and film actress, reality television personality and rapper/singer best known for her portrayal of Niecy Jackson on the UPN show Moesha.-Early life and career:...
  
   as Uwamma Layne
• Miguel A. Núñez, Jr. as James
• Clifton Powell
  Clifton Powell
  -Movie career:Powell is known for playing the role of Pinky in the 2000 comedy film, Next Friday and its 2002 sequel, Friday After Next. Powell stars also in the Indie thriller Chain Letter.In 2009 he played "Bowman" in the film Just Another Day...
  
   as Detective Lewis
• Roz Ryan
  Roz Ryan
  Roz Ryan is an American actress. She has earned wide acclaim as an actress, singer and comedian.-Life and career:Ryan was born Rosalyn Bowen in Detroit, Michigan, the daughter of Gertrude and Thomas Bowen, who worked for the Board of Education. She is a 1969 graduate of Mackenzie High School...
  
   as Roz
• Big Tigger
  Big Tigger
  Darian "Big Tigger" Morgan , also known as Big Tigg; is an American television and radio personality best known as the host of BET's Rap City and 106 & Park.- :...
  
   as Himself
• Slim Thug
  Slim Thug
  Stayve Jerome Thomas , better known as Slim Thug, Boss Hogg or Thug Boss, is an American rapper. He gained mainstream attention for his contribution to the popular single from rapper Mike Jones, "Still Tippin'"....
  
   as himself

Production notes

Steppin: The Movie was filmed in Los Angeles, California, and at Prairie View A&M University

Prairie View A&M University

Prairie View A&M University is a historically black university located in Prairie View, Texas and is a member of the Texas A&M University System. PVAMU offers baccalaureate degrees in 50 academic majors, 37 master’s degrees and four doctoral degree programs through nine colleges and schools...

in Texas.