The movie originally had a scene set at the Canadian/U.S. border where the Canadian protagonists cross the border in order to get to the climatic dance contest in Detroit. However, this scene was cut out after a test screening because it confused many people in the test audience who had assumed up to that point that the movie was about American characters doing their thing in the United States.
Rutina Wesley's debut.
The movie made almost all of its budget back to its Canadian producers before it was even released, thanks to American studio Paramount Pictures buying the American rights.