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Mad Hot Ballroom (U)

• Consumer Advice: Contains no sex, violence or bad language
• Run time: 1 hour 46 mins

• Genre: Documentary
• Release date: 25th November 2005

• Starring: Madeleine Hackney, Rodney Lopez, Victoria Malvagno
• Directed by: Marilyn Agrelo

• Official Website: www.madhotballroom.com
• Distributor: Metrodome Distribution

Plot Synopsis

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.