Shakedown (2018)

Directed by

Leilah Weinraub

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 12m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.2 of 10 from 15 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary looks at a Los Angeles strip club for Black lesbians during its peak years in the early 2000s. The film shows the performers and patrons through footage and interviews, capturing a specific underground scene.

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What happens

Shakedown is a 2018 American documentary film directed by Leilah Weinraub. The film centers around a Los Angeles black-lesbian strip club of the same name in its heyday from 2002 to 2004. The film premiered in 2018 and was screened at film festivals throughout North America and Europe. In March 2020 it was released via digital streaming on Pornhub as the first non-pornographic film on the website. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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