The Hooping Life

The Hooping Life

It's a movie, it's a movement.

2014•1h 10m•8.7/10

Documentary

Ratings

🎬TMDb

8.7/10(3)

Learn the origins and rise of modern day hula-hooping through eight extraordinary stories of hoop devotees who have embraced it as an art form, a teaching aid, and even an instrument of redemption. From the streets, to intimate clubs, to giant arenas, we alternate between self-filmed video diaries, verité documentary footage, and spectacularly filmed performances in an attempt to celebrate the healing power of movement and the spirit of human inventiveness.

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Production

Span Productions

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Shaquille O'Neal

Shaquille O'Neal

Himself

John Cameron Mitchell

John Cameron Mitchell

Himself

Art Linkletter

Art Linkletter

Himself

Sandi Schultz

Sandi Schultz

Herself

John Savage

John Savage

Himself

Garry Marshall

Garry Marshall

Himself

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