SHAKEDOWN
A film by Leilah Weinraub.
SHAKEDOWN documents Los Angeles’s Black lesbian strip club scene in the early 2000s: an underground, all-cash, female-run economy built around some of the best nightlife performances ever.
A love letter to the city and to the performers who built one of its great underground worlds, the film follows Ronnie-Ron, Teresa, Mahogany, Egypt, Jazmyne, and the Shakedown Angels as they take center stage at a party called Shakedown.
First presented at the 2017 Whitney Biennial and premiering internationally at the 2018 Berlin International Film Festival, SHAKEDOWN was self-released and has since circulated through museums, cinemas, festivals, streaming platforms, classrooms, community screenings, and informal gatherings around the world.
SHAKEDOWN was once described to me as a film no one would see.
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A film by Leilah Weinraub.
SHAKEDOWN documents Los Angeles’s Black lesbian strip club scene in the early 2000s: an underground, all-cash, female-run economy built around some of the best nightlife performances ever.
A love letter to the city and to the performers who built one of its great underground worlds, the film follows Ronnie-Ron, Teresa, Mahogany, Egypt, Jazmyne, and the Shakedown Angels as they take center stage at a party called Shakedown.
First presented at the 2017 Whitney Biennial and premiering internationally at the 2018 Berlin International Film Festival, SHAKEDOWN was self-released and has since circulated through museums, cinemas, festivals, streaming platforms, classrooms, community screenings, and informal gatherings around the world.
SHAKEDOWN was once described to me as a film no one would see.
WATCH
PRESS KIT
PROJECT CV
ARCHIVE_COMING SOON
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