Mad Hot Ballroom

Documentary

2005

1h 45m

Documentary filmmaker Marilyn Agrelo chronicles the lives of several New York City schoolchildren as they get ready for a dancing competition sponsored by the nonprofit group American Ballroom Theater. As the finals of the competition near, the students -- ranging in age from 10 to 11 and coming from both poor and affluent neighborhoods -- make their transformation from reticent novices to confident contestants versed in the Latin styles of foxtrot, merengue and rumba.

Starring	Michelle Rodriguez, Sid Grant, Tara Gallagher, Yomaira Reynoso, Wilson Castillo, Alyssa Polack, Elsamelys Ulerio, Clarita Zeppie, Alex Tchassov, Victoria Malvagno, Heather Berman, Emma Biegacki, Eva Carrozza, Evangelina Carrozzo, Paul Daggett,
Genres	Documentary , Historical
Studios	Paramount Pictures
Popular UPC	97363455547