Circus of Books (2019)

Directed by

Rachel Mason

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 32m

Rated

16

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 104 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A filmmaker profiles her parents who ran a famous gay pornography bookstore in Los Angeles. It shows how their business intersected with their family life and the changing times.

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What happens

Circus of Books is a 2019 American documentary film directed by Rachel Mason, written by Rachel Mason and Kathryn Robson and starring Karen Mason, Barry Mason and Rachel Mason. The premise revolves around Circus of Books, a bookstore and gay pornography shop in West Hollywood, California, and in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles. The film premiered at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival, and was released on Netflix in the United States on April 22, 2020. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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