Most Valuable Players is a 2010 documentary film directed/produced by Matthew D. Kallis and written/produced by Christopher Lockhart, about The Freddy Awards, an annual awards ceremony recognizing outstanding high school musical theatre in the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Lockhart was inspired to make the film after watching clips of a Freddy Awards production on YouTube.
The film appeared in the International Documentary Association's DocuWeeks showcase in August 2010, as well as the Mill Valley Film Festival in California. The Oprah Winfrey Network has acquired the broadcast and video rights to the film. [...]Voir plus...
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