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Mad Hot Ballroom Details

2005 Certificate U
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Tango, foxtrot, swing, rumba, and merengue may seem to represent the last vestiges of a dying art to some, but director Marilyn Agrelo proves this is far from true in MAD HOT BALLROOM. Agrelo reveals that the New York City public school system runs a ballroom dance programme for fifth graders, in which these former preserves of .. Read more

Director Marilyn Agrelo
Genres Documentary

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Mad Hot Ballroom

Tango, foxtrot, swing, rumba, and merengue may seem to represent the last vestiges of a dying art to some, but director Marilyn Agrelo proves this is far from true in MAD HOT BALLROOM. Agrelo reveals that the New York City public school system runs a ballroom dance programme for fifth graders, in which these former preserves of the adult world are given a new lease on life by some enthusiastic little characters. The film follows students at three schools in the neighbourhoods of Tribeca, Bensonhurst, and Washington Heights, with Agrelo training her cameras on the kids' lives both inside and outside of the classroom. The students are united by a zeal for the ballroom dancing lessons, which builds over a 10-week period and culminates in a competition to find the school that has produced the best dancers in the city. As the teachers gently cajole their students to learn the intricacies of the various disciplines, Agrelo intersperses classroom footage with the students' musings on life; many of these reveal a remarkable maturity. Gender and race boundaries disappear as focus on the competition consumes the students' energy, and the teachers are brought to tears as they see their prodigies turning into what one teacher touchingly terms 'little ladies and gentlemen'...

Director Marilyn Agrelo
Studio PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 41 mins
Certificate Certificate U
Genres Documentary
Language DVD: English
Hearing-impaired English
Subtitles DVD: Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish
Released Production year: 2005

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DVD: 20 Mar 2006

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      Tango, foxtrot, swing, rumba, and merengue may seem to represent the last vestiges of a dying art to some, but director Marilyn Agrelo proves this is far from true in MAD HOT BALLROOM. Agrelo reveals that the New York City public school system runs a ballroom dance programme for fifth graders, in ...

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