Save the Last Dance

Starring Julia Stiles and Sean Patrick Thomas, the movie is about a ballet dancer's life that changes after her mother's fatal accident.
Sara is an aspiring ballet dancer. For one of her auditions, she wants her mother to be there, but her mother is too busy. She is mad while the audition takes place and finds out that her mother is killed, as she was speeding to make it to the audition. Sara can not forgive herself on that account.
She moves in with her father, who lives in a predominantly Black neighbourhood. She goes to her first class, to find a smart boy arguing with her, hates him and expresses so to her new - found friend, Chenile, who also ends up to be the boy's, Derek's sister. After seeing Sara in the gym class, Chenile invites her to a night club to dance.
They go together and she dances with Derek. A breakout of violence, abruptly stops their night and they return home. While walking her home, Derek offers to teach Sara hip hop. During the lessons, Derek finds out that Sara knew ballet and takes her to a show. At the end of the show, Derek makes her talk about the accident and assures that she should follow her dream of a ballerina. That night, Sara starts her practise her art again and now she plans to audition for one of the top schools.
In school, she is constantly at war with Derek's girlfriend, as is Derek, with his best friend, for her. Chenile has an argument with her son's father. All this amounts to Chenile supporting Derek's girlfriend that Sara should not scoop away the few decent Black men left. Sarah is hurt and breaks up with Derek.
She reconciles with her father, and they go to the audition.
Meanwhile, Chenile is unable to see Derek unhappy and confesses to him about what she said to Sara. Although Derek is mad at her, he leaves for Sara's audition and encourages her. Sara performs well and gets into the college. And Derek and Sara get back together.
A well paced movie worth the watch.