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U.S.A., 2007, 82 mins, Color (Family Friendly)
MIDWEST PREMIERE
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Director: Stephanie Johnes
Executive Producers: Julie Goldman, Krysanne Katsoolis, Caroline Stevens
Producers: Andrea Meditch, Stephanie Johnes, Alexandra Johnes
Editor: Michael Culyba, Paul Frost, M. Watanabe Milmore
www.doubletimethemovie.com
OFFICIAL SELECTION 2008 TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL WINNER BEST DOCUMENTARY SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
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Take one part dance, a bit of gymnastics, a try at the high jump and a dash of breakdance, throw it all on an obstacle course and you get Double Dutch. The athletes dedicated to this challenging form of jump roping come in all ages and from disparate places. In fact, as director Stephanie Johnes shows in her invigorating, fun documentary, jump roping has become quite a competitive sport. She introduces two rival Double Dutch teams, The Bouncing Bulldogs of North Carolina and The Double Dutch Forces from South Carolina. Made up of grade school and teenage jumpers, these teams compete in different leagues, but now for the first time, they will face off on the stage of Harlem's Apollo Theater for the Holiday Classic competition and see if any of them can win the grand championship of Double Dutch. The Bulldogs represent the best of gymnastic freestlye jumping found mostly in white suburbia, while the Forces belong to the inner city African American tradition of Double Dutch. Doubletime traces the origins of these two styles of jumping with vintage video and interviews with the godfathers and founders of the league. Their background informs both teams' styles, and as Johnes gets to know most of the participants intimately, she lets the audience learn just how much this sport means to the individuals who are passionate about it. But most of all, Johnes finds some young people doing relatively miraculous things-in Double Dutch and in life. Doubletime will leave you smiling-that is, if you can get your jaw to stop dropping at the strength, style and perseverance of these incredible kids.--Courtesy of 2008 Tribeca Film Festival Stephanie Johnes
Stephanie Johnes was born and raised in New York City. She had a Pentax K1000 in high school, but didn't own a video camera until 2004. Her first effort, a short film titled Bouncing Bulldogs, premiered on PBS, and was selected for the 2005 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. She also directed Clap Wit' It, an R & B music video featuring TP5, which screened at SXSW in 2006. Johnes earned a B.A. in Fine Art from the University of Colorado at Boulder, where she studied photography and art history.
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U.S.A., 2008, 4.20 mins, Color (Family Friendly)
MIDWEST PREMIERE
Director: Laurent Briet
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A ten year old girl teaches the men at a boxing gym a thing or two about jump rope.
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| | | Showings | | 06/12/08 10:00 PM | Outdoor Screening
Cook Park Outdoor Screening (at Dusk)
Water St (b/t Mason & Butler) | | | 06/13/08 04:30 PM | Venue 2 (SCA)
Saugatuck Center for the Arts
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