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Work It is a 2020 American jukebox dance comedy film directed by Laura Terruso and produced by Alicia Keys, Leslie Morgenstein and Elysa Koplovitz Dutton. The film stars Sabrina Carpenter, Liza Koshy, Keiynan Lonsdale, Michelle Buteau and Jordan Fisher. It was released on August 7, 2020, by Netflix. Quinn Ackerman is a quirky and intelligent high school senior living in North Carolina with her single mother. She has one best friend, aspiring dancer Jasmine Hale, who has known her since kindergarten and always sticks up for her. Quinn's dream is to attend Duke University, as it is her late father's alma mater, and her mother wants it for her just as much as she does. She studies hard, earns straight As, and takes part in many extra-curricular activities, though she does not have much of social life. After an interview with a progressive admissions counselor, Veronica Ramirez, Quinn is informed that her application is too similar to the other applicants. Her chances of standing out to the admission's team are not acceptable. Quinn then lies and tells her that she is a member of her high school's elite dance team, "The Thunderbirds," which is very well known around the state as the reigning champions of the "Work It" dance competition. Quinn enlists Jasmine's help to prepare her for an audition being held by the team in two weeks, as she is already on the team. Quinn's dancing skills improve by the time of the audition, but the team's ruthless leader, Julliard Pembroke, still rejects her. After Jasmine stands up to him and defends Quinn, Quinn suggests that the two start their dance team to compete at "Work It." Jasmine reluctantly agrees but is worried about not being scouted by a recruiter from a dance academy in New York. Quinn discovers a former champion of the "Work It" competition, Jake Taylor, who stopped competing after a knee injury two years prior.