The Forbidden Dance (1990) -

If you grew up in the early '90s, you likely remember the brief, fiery cultural explosion known as the . Marketed as "the forbidden dance," it was everywhere for about fifteen minutes. But did you know it was so popular that two rival films about it were released on the exact same day in 1990? One was Lambada , and the other—the one with the surprisingly heavy heart—was The Forbidden Dance . The Plot: Dance for the Trees

: Unlike its rival, this film tried to have a "soul," ending with actual statistics about rainforest destruction—a suggestion made by Harring herself. The Forbidden Dance (1990)

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