On the evening of Aug. 2, MIPA staff members got together two "gargantuan" bags of popcorn in order to put together 300 single bags for the students who decided to come to the showing of the documentary "Mad Hot Ballroom". According to staff member Melissa Mueller, the staff normally tries to get movies that have not yet premiered in theaters. "There's nothing quite out … [Read more...] about MIPA summer workshop shows ‘Mad Hot Ballroom’
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Review: Mad Hot Ballroom
They are every empathetic movie-goer's dream become reality: Kids growing up in the ghetto, set up for a life of crime and hardship, who experience an intervention that changes their outlook on life and their personality. The documentary "Mad Hot Ballroom" does just that, and it does it in a pretty good way. The film focuses on New York City elementary students who are … [Read more...] about Review: Mad Hot Ballroom