Most Valuable Players

A film by Matthew Kallis

Meet a new kind of highschool all-star

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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Director

Matthew Kallis

Producer

Matthew D. Kallis and Christopher Lockhart

Runtime

95 Minutes

Rights Represented

Educational Rights

Captions Available

None Available

Language

English

Press

“A light in the darkness”

- The Washington Post

“A thrilling documentary”

- The Huffington Post

“We were glued to the screen”

- Glee Producers, Dante DiLoreto and Ian Brennan
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Festival & Awards

WINNER Audience Award—NASHVILLE Film Festival
WINNER Best Documentary Feature—SAN LUIS OBISPO International Film Festival
Official Selection—MILL VALLEY Film Festival

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Most Valuable Players

Meet a new kind of highschool all-star

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