Lambada is a 1990 American drama film starring J. Eddie Peck, Melora Hardin, Adolfo "Shabba-Doo" Quiñones, Ricky Paull Goldin, Dennis Burkley, and Keene Curtis. Directed and written by Joel Silberg and choreographed by Shabba-Doo, the film combines a dramatic narrative with vibrant dance sequences centered around the lambada—a provocative and trendy dance style of the time.

Plot

By day, Kevin Laird is a respected schoolteacher in Beverly Hills. By night, he slips away to a gritty warehouse in East Los Angeles, where local barrio kids gather to dance the lambada.