Most Valuable Players

Name: Most Valuable Players
Director: Matthew Kallis
Released: 2010

Matthew Kallis 2010

Across the USA, high school sports are regularly lavished with funding, publicity and scholarships, while theater departments struggle to put on the school musical hoping for some recognition of their own. Helping to settle the score are the “Freddy Awards,” a live television event that celebrates excellence in high school musical theater.

Illustrating that arts education encourages the same teamwork, camaraderie and confidence as sports, Most Valuable Players follows three theater troupes on their creative journeys to the elaborate award ceremony — the “Super Bowl” of high school musical theater.

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Running Time:

95 min.

Spoken Languages:

English

Directors:

Matthew Kallis

Producers:

Matthew D. Kallis

Press

IDA

"The feel good documentary of the year"
USA Today

"FUNNY...COMPELLING"
The Huffington Post

"A THRILLING DOCUMENTARY"
Variety

"A really entertaining documentary"
Kevin Thomas, LA Film Critic

"IRRESISTIBLE"
The Washington Post

"A LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS"
Suite 101

"Fans of the Fox TV show 'Glee' will find the warmhearted documentary equally as infectious"
Glee' Producers, Dante DiLoreto and Ian Brennan

"We were GLUED TO THE SCREEN"

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