This Is Ballroom

March. 18,2024      
Rating:
5.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

In Rio de Janeiro City and its outskirts, LGBTQ+ youth of color recreates Ballroom culture on their own terms. A portrait of the dramas, the voguing performances, and the art of shade, 50 years after its inception in New York. Rio is burning!

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Reviews

Matialth
2024/03/18

Good concept, poorly executed.

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Claysaba
2024/03/19

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

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Erica Derrick
2024/03/20

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

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Geraldine
2024/03/21

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

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