Valerie Kontakos
Director
Queen of the Deuce (2023)
The unbelievable true story of Chelly Wilson, who escaped the Holocaust and built a porn cinema empire in New York City in the 1970s. Chelly was a Greek-born, Christmas-celebrating, Jewish grandma, who married men but was openly gay. This documentary charts her unlikely rise to wealth as a shrewd businesswoman on “The Deuce,” aka New York’s infamous 42nd Street.
Genres: Animation, Biography, Documentary, History
Keywords: mdblist.has-trailer, mdblist.one-actor, mdblist.fresh
Watch Providers: Kanopy, Strand Releasing Amazon Channel
Production Companies: Canada Media Fund, Documentary Channel, Exile Films, Goldenberg Nahmias, Greenwich Entertainment + 3 more, Front Row Insurance Brokers, GAT PR, MEDIA Creative Europe
Country: Canada
Production Countries:
Canada,
Greece
Languages:
English,
Greek
Recommendations
Runtime: 75 min.
Released: March 31, 2023
Digital Release: May 24, 2024
Status: Released
Certification: NR