TWIST

A film by Ron Mann
| Canada | 80' |

It was the dance that changed a generation. You moved your hips, you gyrated, you let your partner go and swivel like crazy. Never before had white America played so loose with its body. Coming along right when rock and roll needed a new jolt, the twist fast became an international phenomenon, and signaled the end of America's WASP reserve.

Ron Mann's Twist captures the whole mad whirl of the era: from the time when moving hips marked you as a social degenerate, to the time when shaking your "thing" became the dance-form that rocked the world. In a fast-paced mix of interviews and rare archival footage, this film brings back all the lewd fun of the dance. Featuring: Cholly Atkins, Hank Ballard, American Bandstand Dancers, Chubby Checker, Joey Dee, Gladys Horton, Dee Dee Sharp, Mama Lu Parks & The Parkettes.