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Roll Call: A Dance Story

This documentary film follows a group of young wheelchair-using ballroom dance students through the day to day challenges and joys of their passion for dance as they transcend their various disabilities to put on an originally choreographed gala dance show with the help of a U.S. Champion dancer. Run time is 44 minutes 30 seconds.

  • Anthony DiFranco
    Director
    My Grandma's American Dream. The Dollar-A-Day Boys. Happy Ever After. Our Souls To Keep. Scope of Desire.
  • Anthony DiFranco
    Writer
    My Grandma's American Dream. The Dollar-A-Day Boys. Happy Ever After. Our Souls To Keep. Scope of Desire.
  • Anthony DiFranco
    Producer
    My Grandma's American Dream. The Dollar-A-Day Boys. Happy Ever After. Our Souls To Keep. Scope of Desire.
  • John Nyemchek, Diane Discepolo.
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Genres:
    Dance, disabilities
  • Runtime:
    44 minutes 30 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    September 17, 2016
  • Production Budget:
    10,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Ridgewood Guild International Film Festival 2017
    Ridgewood, NJ
    United States
    April 26, 2017
    New Jersey premiere
    BestDocumentary Award
  • Socially Relevant Film Festival 2017
    New York City
    United States
    March 18, 2017
    World premiere
    Pushing the Boundaries Award
Distribution Information
  • Anthony DiFranco, Parallax Pictures, Inc.
    Country: United States
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Anthony DiFranco

Anthony DiFranco is a national prize-winning fiction writer as well as a filmmaker. His earlier credits as a writer-director-narrator-editor include "The Dollar-A-Day Boys," a documentary about the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Depression, and "My Grandma's American Dream," a documentary about the great wave of immigration from Italy to the U.S. in the 1900-1915 period.

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Director Statement

Being a ballroom dance instructor myself as well as a filmmaker, I had a double motive to make this film documenting the dreams, struggles, and success of this "Roll Call" group of young disabled people passionate about dancing. I was inspired by them throughout, as I hope my audience is as well.