Carol Doda Topless at the Condor

Name: Carol Doda Topless at the Condor
Genre: Documentary
Released: March 22, 2024
Rating: 60
Cast: Benita Mattioli, Carol Doda, Charles North, Charlie Farrugia, Dina Moore

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Picturehouse | Release Date: March 22, 2024 | R

Starring: Benita Mattioli, Carol Doda, Charles North, Charlie Farrugia, Dina Moore, George Faulknor, Lauren Laugen, Leslie Gilton, Pete Mattioli, Philip DerDevanis

Summary: Against the backdrop of the 1964 Republican Convention, a San Francisco cocktail waitress became one of the city’s most popular entertainers after making her debut as America’s first topless dancer. Carol Doda Topless at the Condor tells the story of the fresh-faced girl next door who defied convention and the law by gyrating atop a whiteAgainst the backdrop of the 1964 Republican Convention, a San Francisco cocktail waitress became one of the city’s most popular entertainers after making her debut as America’s first topless dancer. Carol Doda Topless at the Condor tells the story of the fresh-faced girl next door who defied convention and the law by gyrating atop a white baby grand piano and turning a North Beach nightclub into the city’s second-most-popular tourist attraction after the Golden Gate Bridge. Meanwhile, Doda’s very public use of silicone to enhance her breasts launched a new industry. Directors Marlo McKenzie and Jonathan Parker share an unprecedented look at Doda’s life and legacy, as well as a behind-the-scenes tour of the vibrant, sometimes outrageous and always entertaining world of North Beach.… Expand

Director: Jonathan Parker and Marlo McKenzie

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: R

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RogerEbert.com Marya E. Gates

Mar 22, 2024

Thankfully, we also get a sharp picture of the inimitably cool Doda as more than just a symbol of both exploitation and cultural change, but also as an ambitious entertainer, a caustic wit, and a melancholic enigma who hid just as much of her internal self as she shared her body with the public. Read full review

The Playlist Brian Farvour

Mar 25, 2024

To make it in show business, Carol Doda needed to show her business. These are almost exact words from the mouth of the woman herself, another example of her wit, appeal, and the type of trailblazer the world sadly lost before she got her proper due. Read full review

Robert Abele

Mar 22, 2024

Like one of those energetic Martin Scorsese montages where we’re privy to how a vibrant underground ecosystem works, the documentary pulls us inside a partying milieu of lights, stage gimmicks, fad dances and tough, colorful characters, a handful of whom are interviewed here alongside a few cultural commentators. Read full review

Kim Hughes

Apr 4, 2024

The film’s best parts, apart from abundant vintage footage and those groovy 60s-era threads, are recollections from those at ground zero, like club operators as well as performers Jimi and Judy Mamou. Read full review

Johanna Schneller

Apr 11, 2024

What I see is a social media influencer before social media, a person who did whatever it took to keep us looking, especially if that meant she didn’t have to look too deeply at herself. Read full review

IndieWire David Ehrlich

Mar 22, 2024

At the very least, it seems safe to assume that Doda wouldn’t mind how this documentary casts her as a quasi-deliberate revolutionary, but McKenzie and Parker lack the intel to see any deeper into Doda’s bimbo savviness, just as they lack the ambition to explore whether intentionality even matters when it comes to changing the world. Read full review

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