This documentary follows a group of teenagers at Columbus, Ohio, where teenagers with autism spectrum, showing how they face many challenges to deal with life and interact.
A touching, gentle-hearted look at teenagers on the autistic spectrum preparing for their first formal dance, How to Dance in Ohio offers a refreshingly upbeat, even cheerful look at people and their families coping with the condition.
There's such a fundamental sweetness and sensitivity at the core of Alexandra Shiva's documentary that it often doesn't matter that it's not profoundly insightful.
It's a bit shapeless in terms of filmmaking, but this is a "character documentary," a study of people that you won't soon forget, and it works on that level.
Shiva's intimate approach captures moments of triumph and pain along the way, making the struggle of autism accessible to families and communities coping with the affliction.
