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Mad Hot Ballroom DVD

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Mad Hot Ballroom DVD

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Release Date: 3/10/2009
Original Release:
Rating: (Not rated)
Rating Reason: (Reason unavailable)
UPC: 032429059314
Studio: Paramount Home Entertainment

Other Formats:

Mad Hot Ballroom Widescreen Collection DVD

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Categories:

Education/General Interest, Coming Of Age, Dance, Teenage, Documentary, Music (General), Theatrical Release, Swing, Latin Music, Jazz, New York City, Competitions, Students, Salsa

	Description

	Tango, foxtrot, swing, rumba, and meringue 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 program 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 neighborhoods 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." As the pitter-patter of tiny toes scuttles across the ballroom floor in the competition's final stages, it's impossible not to get swept up in the action. One of Agrelo's cameramen is caught grinning in an affectionate, almost paternal manner as he accidentally wanders into the frame while filming. One of 2005's most uplifting slices of cinema, MAD HOT BALLROOM is a joyous, life-affirming experience.

	DVD Features

	Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround - English

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Average Rating: Number of Reviews: 2 (view all)

4 / 5

Posted on June 24, 2007

Reviewed by: Jessica Film Junkie

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...
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2 / 5

Posted on June 13, 2005

Reviewed by: Matthew

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”....
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