Dance in Film · 2019
Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back (2019)
John Carluccio's portrait restores Maurice Hines to the center of tap history, joining the Hines brothers' childhood act, Broadway and The Cotton Club with the elder performer's continued dancing, teaching, and mentorship as an openly gay Black show-business trailblazer.
Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back is a 2019 dance documentary centred on ballroom and social dance. For dancers, it's a chance to see the style performed on screen — the phrasing, partnering, and musicality that the same dances carry onto a real floor.
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Where to watch: Free authorized U.S. streaming on Tubi was verified 2026-08-10; the official film site also maintains current Watch Now links. Availability may change.
Trailer
Official trailer.
The dance sequences in Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back
4 sequences — what is danced, by whom, and where to find it.
Archival Hines Brothers performances
Tap danceDanced by Maurice Hines; Gregory Hines
The Hines Brothers together onstage, their precision and rapport preserved across decades of footage.
Archival performance footage connects the brothers' virtuosity to their childhood apprenticeship and the emotional sibling story that structures the documentary.
Stream or rental only — the timestamp is for when you have it playing. No edition-specific timestamp supplied; the source identifies plentiful archival Hines Brothers performance footage.
Nicholas Brothers archival showcase
Tap danceDanced by The Nicholas Brothers
Dazzling archival images of the Nicholas Brothers, the artists Maurice says he and Gregory idolized.
The Nicholas Brothers footage situates Hines within the lineage he explicitly names as mentorship and models tap's combination of eruptive athleticism and sophistication.
Stream or rental only — the timestamp is for when you have it playing. No edition-specific timestamp supplied; the source explicitly identifies Nicholas Brothers performance footage.
Passing tap forward with the Manzari Brothers
Tap danceDanced by Maurice Hines; The Manzari Brothers
An elder master working with the Manzari Brothers as they continue the tap tradition.
Footage of Hines with his modern-day mentees makes transmission visible: tap survives through direct teaching, rehearsal, and shared performance knowledge.
Stream or rental only — the timestamp is for when you have it playing. No edition-specific timestamp supplied; the source identifies Hines with his modern-day mentees, the Manzari Brothers.
Present-day explosive tap bursts
Tap danceDanced by Maurice Hines
Explosive bursts of tap from the 75-year-old showman punctuating an intimate portrait of aging and artistic endurance.
Present-day footage demonstrates that Hines's rhythmic authority and theatrical attack remain the film's living center, not merely an archival subject.
Stream or rental only — the timestamp is for when you have it playing. No edition-specific timestamp supplied; Filmhub lists multiple viewing outlets, but regional/current playback was not transaction-tested.
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