“Engaging personalities and jaw-dropping routines make this a crowd-pleaser…
Lensing and editing are sharp…
Excellent soundtrack …”
-Variety
“This exhilarating, sweetly rendered documentary … provides several stand-up-and-cheer moments.”
-CD Universe
“And wait ‘til you see the Japanese teams.”
-Film Threat
“Nicely shot and brimming with all-American elbow grease.”
-Spout.com
DOUBLETIME follows two disparate teams –one suburban white and one inner-city black– as they train to compete against each other for the very first time.
“It’s a moving celebration of youthful humanity and its ability to do astounding things with ropes, muscles and brains. But it is also at times an arrestingly frank look at race and culture in America.” -NEWSDAY
The Bouncing Bulldogs of Chapel Hill, North Carolina and The Double Dutch Forces of Columbia, South Carolina are the two top American teams. Although they train in neighboring states, the Bulldogs and the Forces rarely cross paths as they belong to separate leagues that do not compete against one another.
The Bulldogs represent the best of gymnastic freestyle jumping found mostly in white suburbia while the Forces belong to the inner- city African American tradition of Double Dutch.
For the first time, both the Bulldogs and the Forces decide to enter a competition at the world famous Apollo Theater called the Holiday Classic. The film features four young athletes (age 11 to 18) who display courage, skills and charisma as they passionately prepare for the event.
Doubletime culminates on stage in Harlem with this rowdy crowd- pleasing contest which features “fusion” routines where Double Dutch is blended with hip- hop dance and music.
