Documentary  •  2025  •  40 min

The Shuffle (2025)

The Shuffle poster

The Shuffle (2025)


Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Not Rated
Political: Not Rated
Diversity: Not Rated
Family Values: Mixed

Viewer Rating
6.8

Overview

This 40-minute documentary revisits the making of the 1985 Chicago Bears' "Super Bowl Shuffle," the rap video that turned a football team into a pop culture moment before the season was even over. The Progressive label here is based on thin signals rather than strong ideological content. The Bears' roster was notably multiracial at a time when rap music carried its own cultural weight, and the video's casual blending of Black and white athletes in a hip-hop format carried quiet social significance for 1985. No political framing, identity debates, or social-issue messaging appears in available signals. This reads as a nostalgia piece about sports, music, and a city's collective confidence.


Starring Cast

Todd Boyd  •   Fred Breitberg  •   Mike Fayette


Where to watch

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Not Rated

Primary

Political: Not Rated

Web searches across major film sites, reviews, and official releases yield only descriptions of a neutral sports documentary on the 1985 Chicago Bears' Super Bowl Shuffle music video, with no political themes, framing, or discussion identified.

Diversity: Not Rated

The film is a documentary recounting the creation of a 1985 sports rap video by the Chicago Bears, featuring a mix of real team members and commentators without any indicated alterations to historical casting or emphasis on identity-based themes in its storytelling.

Secondary

Family Values: Mixed
Confidence: High

The film is a short documentary focused exclusively on the production and cultural impact of the 1985 Chicago Bears' 'Super Bowl Shuffle' music video, with no depictions or discussion of family structures, marriage, parenting, or related norms.

LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: Low

This documentary examines the production of the 1985 Chicago Bears' Super Bowl Shuffle music video and contains no identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes.

Trans: N/A
Confidence: Low

The film is a documentary about the making of the 1985 Chicago Bears' Super Bowl Shuffle rap video and has no transgender characters or themes.

Female Combat: N/R

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High

The film is a documentary on the real 1985 Chicago Bears Super Bowl Shuffle video and its male athlete participants, with no fictional source material or recast legacy characters.

Race Swap: No
Confidence: Low

The Shuffle is a documentary short using archival footage and interviews about the real 1985 Chicago Bears Super Bowl Shuffle video. No scripted portrayals or recast historical figures exist.

Hinduism: N/A
Confidence: Low

Not depicted in the film.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

6.8

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
6.6
The Movie Database logo
7.0

Critic Ratings

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N/A
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N/A

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