Mad Hot Ballroom Movie Review 2005

Sweet documentary about ballroom dancing. Only the participants are New York City fifth graders participating in a 10-week program organized by the American Ballroom Theater. The doc follows students from Bensonhurst, Tribeca, and Washington Heights (a mixture of races, ethnicities, and incomes) as they learn the fox trot, meringue, rumba, swing, and tango (and how to deal with the opposite sex) in order to take part in an annual citywide competition.

Distribution

Paramount Home Video, 5555 Melrose Ave., 5555 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90038, Phone: (323)956-5000, URL: http://www.paramount.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on DVD
Running time 105 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Documentary, Dance Fever, Elementary School/Junior High, New York, New York, Dedicated Teachers

Screenplay

Amy Sewell

Cinematography

Claudia Raschke

Director

Marilyn Agrelo

Music

Steven Lutvak, Joseph Baker

Other

Tammy Douglas, Mark Reynolds, Sabine Krayenbuhl

Producer

Amy Sewell, Marilyn Agrelo, Paramount Classics