Film Image
Two Dollar Dance
Yolanda Pividal
2006
Color
17 minutes
US
Spanish
English subtitles
Trailer and More

Two Dollar Dance

Every weekend, hundreds of Latino immigrants pack the dance clubs of Jackson Heights, in Queens, New York City. There, they meet the "two-dollars ballerinas", women who will be their dance floor partners for two dollars a song. Two Dollar Dance unveils the soul of these clubs through Victor, a patron, and Liz, one of the ballerinas. Through their eyes, this film dives into the stories of men and women who leave their families and countries behind to work in the United States. Now, on any given night, $2 is the price of happiness.
Pricing & Ordering
Buyer Type Format Sale Type Price
Higher Education Institutions DVD Sale $150.00
Higher Education Institutions Life Digital File Sale $600.00
Click a 'Price' to add an item to your Cart. If DSL or LDF rates are not listed, or if you are interested in a public screening, please fill out this form and we will get back to you with availability information.
Reviews
"Two Dollar Dance is utterly watchable. Highly recommended for those looking for an unusual glimpse into immigrant life in America." - Martha Kelehan, Binghamton University, Educational Media Reviews Online
Awards

• Best Short Dcocumentary Award - Downtown Short Film Festival, New York 2008
Screenings
•
• Queens Museum Biennal Film Festival, New York, 2009
• Reel Exposure Film Festival, New York, 2008
• Jackson Heights Film Festival, New York, 2007
• New Filmmakers Series, New York, 2007
• Hispanic Film Festival, New York, 2007
• Corto Circuito Film Festival, New York, 2006
More Films by Subject and Genre
Immigration & Exile
Labor Studies & Workers' Rights
Latinx Studies
Urban Studies
Support Us
Contact Us twn@twn.org
Call Us 1 (212) 947-9277
  • Third World Newsreel
  • • 545 Eighth Avenue, Suite 550, New York, NY 10018
  • • Telephone 212-947-9277

TWN acknowledges that in New York we are on the unceded territory of the Lenni Lenape, Canarsie, Shinecock, and Munsee peoples and challenges the harm that continues to be inflicted upon Indigenous and People of Color communities here and abroad, which is why we all need to be part of the struggle for rights, equality and justice.

TWN is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, New York State Council on the Arts, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Color Congress, MOSAIC, New York Community Trust, Peace Development Fund, Humanities NY, Ford Foundation, Hollywood Foreign Press Association, and individual donors.