Twist

Twist

Year: 1992
Running Time: 80 mins
Colour/ B&W
Producer/ Director: Ron Mann

Co-Producer: Sue Len Quon
Executive Producer: Don Haig
Associate Producer: Ann Mayall
Editor: Robert Kennedy
Art Director: Gerlinde Scharinger
Director of Photography: Robert Fresco
Sound Recording: Brian Avery

Get it on Apple TV

Combining rare and often hilarious archival footage with interviews, Twist chronicles the evolution of rock and roll dance.

From the time when moving hips marked you as a social degenerate, to a time when shaking your "thing" became the dance-form that rocked the world.

Featuring: Cholly Atkins, Hank Ballard, American Bandstand Dancers, Chubby Checker, Joey Dee, Gladys Horton, Dee Dee Sharp, Mama Lu Parks, The Parkette