Made to Cheer: A Cheerleading Documentary

We made this Documentary for our University Television course at The University of Westminster. This Documentary aims to show the strength and dedication involved in Cheerleading and to break the stereotype that its all about the Pom Poms, as there is a much harder side that people might not realise. We follow one British senior level 5 team through their training up until the final competition where they can prove themselves. We are really grateful to Crimson Heat tigers for letting us make a Documentary following them. We hope that Made to Cheer will change the way you look at Cheerleading forever!
Our Documentary Crew:
Producer - Rebecca Bowes
Director - Paty Sanchez
Camera & Treasurer - Roiesha Boothe
Editor & Camera - Hannah Carroll
Digital Producer & Sound - Daisy Burton

[@kazburton04]

I never knew this was cheerleading. Lovely to see such a strong group of young women having a great time.

[@madetocheerdocumentary8776]

It was great for our crew as well since we also didn't know much about Cheerleading! We hope we can shine a light on an underappreciated sport :) x

[@monicaward5601]

Her : “I thought cheerleading was like Pom Pom’s and like what they do in America” Where is NCA Where is Summit (D2) Where is worlds Ever heard of Senior Elite, Tglc, Smoed, Reckless, etc... where do you think all those are ?!?! 🤔

[@Emily-nf9kf]

she means sideline. I'm sure she's well aware that most of the best all star teams are in the states

[@benwakefield93]

Fantastic documentary guys! Will hopefully eliminate the stereotypes associated with cheerleading

[@madetocheerdocumentary8776]

Thank you very much! We hope so too!

[@juliadalebamber3052]

amazing documentary to show what cheerleading actually is

[@elizabethhansen9203]

"i thought cheerleading was like pom poms and like what they do in america" ummmmm EXCUSE meeeeeee?????? we have allstar cheer as well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@pvnk7354]

Elizabeth Hansen they mean HIGH SCHOOL CHEER not ALL STAR

[@cierraalexa2877]

Elizabeth Hansen EXCALTLY

[@ameliaroberts7348]

They were referring to high school cheer not all star x

[@jennifervanos5212]

This is just amazing!!

[@matthewgilpincom]

This is so cool! Really well paced and interesting and prettily shot!! I love your Instagram, btw.

[@paigejones4934]

You are the best I watched you at jam fest❤️

[@madetocheerdocumentary8776]

Thank you for these comments! Our crew worked really hard this year to create this Documentary and we couldn't be more happy with the result x

[@dollygallier2311]

I loved this

[@heloucheer3086]

love it😍

[@samara.jade_1725]

Yas crimson ❤️❤️

[@madetocheerdocumentary8776]

Go team!! x

[@delayneee]

Wow!

[@ayllarose1072]

I love this but one thing that made me upset was that they said that their cheer is harder than America’s high school cheer because a lot of high school teams can do the same or better!

[@sophiarodriguez9426]

aylla rose not true high school cheer is level 3-4 that’s level 5 way harder!!!

[@gigifreakingdies]

@@sophiarodriguez9426 my high school's varsity team throws level six tumbling and level five stunts

[@emmyselke757]

high school cheer is not hard tbhhh

[@gigifreakingdies]

@@emmyselke757 girl i do both allstar and school cheer and they're equally as hard. then again, maybe your school isn't as good as others. :)

[@emmyselke757]

Gigi Bergh maybe your allstar team isn’t as good as others🤷🏼‍♀️

[@cocosmith6053]

I compete against these x 😂

[@madetocheerdocumentary8776]

Thats awesome! :D x

[@josiahhernandez9578]

Why did they say their cheer was harder than America’s highschool cheer because pretty sure our routine is harder

[@madetocheerdocumentary8776]

Sorry for the confusion! Im sure the girls weren't insinuating that they are better than any other team, as they were just excited at the idea of improving in themselves as an international cheer team. In this documentary we aimed to break the classic cheerleading stereotype for people who don't know much about the world of cheer. From the outside, many people don't know that cheerleading is more than girls dancing with pom poms on the sidelines of american football matches. In the UK sideline cheer isn't common which is what the girls we interviewed meant. There are lots of fun different types of cheer and we wanted to shine a light on the more athletic and disciplined side not often seen in this country and to celebrate one of the up and coming British cheer teams, Crimson Heat Tigers.