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Release Date (Streaming):
April 22, 2020
Summary:
In 1976, Karen and Barry Mason had fallen on hard times and were looking for a way to support their young family when they answered an ad in the Los Angeles Times. Larry Flynt was seeking distributors for Hustler Magazine. What was expected to be a brief sideline led to their becoming fully immersed in the LGBT community as they took over a local store, Circus of Books. A decade later, they had become the biggest distributors of gay porn in the US. The film focuses on the double life they led, trying to maintain the balance of being parents at a time when LGBT culture was not yet accepted. Their many challenges included facing jail time for a federal obscenity prosecution and enabling their store to be a place of refuge at the height of the AIDS crisis. Circus of Books offers a rare glimpse into an untold chapter of queer history, and it is told through the lense of the owners' own daughter, Rachel Mason, an artist, filmmaker and musician.
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| Runtime: | 92 min |
| Rating: | Not Rated |
| Official Site: | https://www.circusofbooks.com/ |
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| Genres: | Biography, Documentary |
| Country: | US |
| Language: | English |
| Director | Credit |
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| Rachel Mason | Director |
| Writer | Credit |
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| Kathryn Robson | Screenplay By |
| Rachel Mason | Screenplay By |
| Principal Cast | Credit |
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| Alaska Thunderfuck | Principal Cast |
| Alexei Romanoff | Self - LGBT Rights Activist |
| Barry Mason | Self |
| Billy Miller | Self - Magazine Publisher |
| Don Norman | Self - Customer |
| Ellen Friedman | Self |
| Fernando Aguilar | Self - Former Employee |
| Freddie Bercovitz | Self - Former Employee |
| Gisella Colindres | Self |
| Jeff Stryker | Self |
| Josh Mason | Self - Karen And Barry's Son |
| Karen Mason | Self |
| Larry Flynt | Self - Publisher Of Hustler Magazine |
| Micah Mason | Self - Karen And Barry's Son |
| Paulo Morillo | Self - Customer And Writer |
| Rachel Mason | Self - Karen And Barry's Daughter |
| Cast | Credit |
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| Alaska Thunderfuck | Self - Former Employee And Drag Queen |
| Alexandr Jonah Ivolgin | Self |
| David Gregory | Self - Former Employee |
| Ellen Kameya | Self |
| Ellen Winer | Self - Karen's Childhood Friend |
| Fernando Aguilar | Self - Former Employee |
| Harold Kameya | Self |
| Joseph Hawkins | Self |
| Larry Flynt | Self - Publisher Of Hustler Magazine |
| Producer | Credit |
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| Adam Baran | Producer |
| Camilla Hall | Producer |
| Cynthia Childs | Producer |
| Gerald Herman | Executive Producer |
| John Battsek | Executive Producer |
| Josh Braun | Executive Producer |
| Kathryn Robson | Producer |
| Lizzie Gillett | Associate Producer |
| Rachael Morrison | Archival Producer |
| Rhianon Jones | Executive Producer |
| Ryan Murphy | Executive Producer |
| Wendy Jo Carlton | Associate Producer |
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