Shelly's Leg

16m
Documentary
10

In 1970, an eccentric young stripper named Shelly Baumann loses her leg in a freak parade canon accident, then uses her settlement money to open 'Shelly's Leg' disco - one of the nation's first and most consequential openly gay spaces.

Cast

Angela DiMarco
Unknown
Kody Harvard
Unknown
Steve Vanderzee
Unknown
Andy Dopieralski
Unknown
Kathleen Turner
Narrator

Crew

Wes Hurley
Director, Writer
Gary Atkins
Writer
Aaron Bear
Producer

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