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80 mins PG13+ 16:9 Widescreen 5.1 (BIG BASS) Stereo Audio (Extreme) Color Some Strobe lighting NTSC GLOBAL SHUFFLE On the edge of the planet, next stop south pole, there is a city that speaks over 200 languages. They have one dance, The MELBOURNE SHUFFLE. Now it's gone Global We follow the development of this distinctive and much loved underground dance style, from the dark murky dance floors of a recession ravaged Melbourne underground arts community in the early 1990's, to the global dance style of choice by todays online generation born during it's creation. Directed by Melbourne born and based artist Garry Shepherd GLOBAL SHUFFLE 1990:2010 presents the most creative and significant Melbourne Shufflers and shuffle moves over 20 years, Using rare original archival shuffle footage and interviews shot by Shepherd combined with new footage from todays international shufflers, the documentary examines the impact of Melbourne Shuffle culture with it's inclusive tolerant no-hate ethos, in a world typically at war with itself. FEATURING Miljano Soekha 4MR . For Mother Russia NAM . Nervous At Midnight Shifter Hardstyle Prodigy Euphemism Dutch Shufflers Pim Fontijn Alexander Krutenkov Alexander Ivanov Kite Remizova I-Qal Ziphed Dr3kar Len . We Dance Hard Matthew Moyle Synergy TVU. TeleVision Unlimited Filter/Lounge Commerce House Tasty Hardline 77 NGV . National Gallery of Victoria Every Picture Tells A Story Global Village Berzerk Brunswick St. Chapel St. Flinders Lane Commerce Alley DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT The shuffle community today is principally an online culture. Not based on text, music, or photos. Based on movement. Not until Youtube could we communicate meaningfully about dance. Dance is learnt by imitation, and it's difficult to describe movement in text especially when you have no common point of reference. Jump - How high - But a few seconds of footage and everybody is clear on it. The dance language succeeds by crossing spoke