P-Star

Moving her cowboy-booted feet from side to side, Priscilla Star Diaz (aka P-Star) waits for her cue to make it past rows of hundreds of Chicago public high school and middle school students and onto the stage.

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P-Star Rising is a behind the scenes look at what it takes to break into the entertainment industry, and the realities of living pay check to pay check in New York City.

WN.com - Business News 2010

The film ends before this point, as P-Star is still rising-she wins a gig on

PopMatters Cynthia Fuchs 2010

P-Star Rising, premiering 9 February as part of Independent Lens, follows Priscilla as she takes up this life project, with the support of her father Jesse and sister Solsky.

PopMatters Cynthia Fuchs 2010

When P-Star has a late-night gig, he makes her meal while she sleeps, feeds her, then takes her by subway into the city: she sleeps with her head against him on the train, the car rocking, their pose serene.

PopMatters Cynthia Fuchs 2010

P-Star Rising-which was filmed over four years-also reveals the complications of mixing family and business concerns.

PopMatters Cynthia Fuchs 2010

As confident as P-Star may be, her caretakers don't look wholly in charge.

PopMatters Cynthia Fuchs 2010

"I love you guys all," P-Star assures the adults assembled in UBO's office for the occasion.

PopMatters Cynthia Fuchs 2010

Hunc (a.k.a. Anthony Nixon) arranges for a showcase, and P-Star signs with UBO records.

PopMatters Cynthia Fuchs 2010

If Solsky seems a compelling documentary subject in her own right, the film, like Jesse, is repeatedly distracted by P-Star.

PopMatters Cynthia Fuchs 2010