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Musical Chairs (2011)

Musical Chairs poster
Directed by
Susan Seidelman
Genre
LGBTQ-related film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 42m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A couple takes up wheelchair ballroom dancing together. They compete and grow closer through the sport.

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What happens

Musical Chairs is a 2011 American romantic drama dance film directed by Susan Seidelman and starring Leah Pipes, E. J. Bonilla, Auti Angel, Laverne Cox, and Priscilla Lopez. It is about a couple who participates in wheelchair ballroom dancing. The film had been in development for eight years. Musical Chairs premiered at the Woodstock Film Festival on September 24, 2011. It was given a limited theatrical release on March 23, 2012. It later aired on HBO in November 2013. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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