It's the story of the iconic song and its culture changing dance. More than that, this documents the progression of music and dance over that era with its connection to race and culture. After the initial thirty minutes, it has Hank Ballard who first wrote and performed The Twist. Next, it's Chubby Checker.
It's fun to see the old footage and stuff. The racial politics gets fascinatingly personal like the white dancers who had to lie about coming up with a dance themselves rather than learning it from black folks. The first thirty minutes is very compelling. After that, it gets a bit repetitive and very silly with all the different subsequent dances. Anyone can find a stupid elephant dance that isn't anything in the culture. In a way, the movie goes down the wrong road. I don't need a whole list of the evolution of dance. It needs to do a little bit more on The Twist and the racial politics of that era. It doesn't need to keep going with different dances.