TV Guide: Marilyn Agrelo

Video: Moscow Cat Theatre

Hulu — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Season 1, Episode 13: Creative Director Vladimir and daughter Maria combine their love of cats and stage to create a captivating act giving new meaning to the expression herding cats.' Director Marilyn Agrelo

Video: Sideshow Picasso

Hulu — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Season 1, Episode 21: Brooklyn painter Marie Roberts comes from a family long entrenched in Coney Island's Sideshow. Director Marilyn Agrelo

Video: Film Fixation- Dance Off - 'Mad Hot Ballroom'

AOL Moviefone — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500

Every year, the New York Public School system sponsors a dance competition for youngsters in fifth grade; in this contest, boys and girls ages 10 and 11 learn traditional ballroom dancing styles such as the fox trot, the rumba, and the tango, and then pit their skills against other students from around the Big Apple. Mad Hot Ballroom is a documentary which offers an inside look at this event, as well as the teachers and students who take part, with a particular emphasis on three schools: P.S. 112, in a Bensonhurst neighborhood dominated by Italian and Asian families; P.S. 150, located in the wealthy and fashionable Tribeca district; and P.S. 115, a Washington Heights school where the vast majority of families live below the poverty line. Filmmaker Marilyn Agrelo follows the young dancers as they gain confidence and skill and grow into "little ladies and gentlemen," as one teacher puts it, while also examining how cultural differences impact the competition for some students and how the

Video: Mad Hot Ballroom - Trailer

AOL Moviefone — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500