Mad Hot Ballroom

Directed by Marilyn Agrelo
Produced by Amy Sewell, Agrelo
Distributed by Paramount Classics
Diverse New York City school kids journey into the world of ballroom dancing – a new and unexpected arena – and reveal pieces of themselves and their world along the way. A citywide competition transforms them from reluctant participants (who try to maintain the “cool” teenager stance) to determined competitors, all the while learning the merengue, rumba, tango, foxtrot and swing.
35mm. 114 mins.