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Mad Hot Ballroom (2005)
Eleven-year-old New York City public school kids journey into the world of ballroom dancing and reveal pieces of themselves and their world along the way. Told from their candid, sometimes hilarious perspectives, these kids are transformed, from reluctant participants to determined competitors, from typical urban kids to "ladies and gentlemen", on their way to try to compete in the final city-wide competition. Providing unique insight into the incredible cultural diversity that is New York City, this film profiles several kids from three schools (out of 60) at this dynamic age, when becoming that "cool" teenager vies for position with familiar innocence, while they learn the Merengue, Rumba, Tango, Foxtrot and Swing. (read more)
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Mad Hot Ballroom Movie Review by Matthew  (6/13/2005) |
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Misses The Mark.
“Mad Hot Ballroom”, the new documentary about fifth graders from New York Public Schools who compete in ballroom dancing competitions, desperately wants to be the next “Spellbound”.
Concentrating on teams from three schools; a school in Tribeca, a school from another part of Manhattan and a school from...
(complete Mad Hot Ballroom review by Matthew)
So many documentaries these days focus on the irreparable damage we are doing to our world, and force us to look at the dark side of humanity. Thus it is a refreshing change to see this great documentary about real New York public school students competing in the city's ballroom championships.
We are intoduced to...
(complete Mad Hot Ballroom review by Jessica Film Junkie)
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