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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.
For decades, a nice Jewish couple ran Circus of Books, a porn shop and epicenter for gay LA. Their director daughter documents their life and times. Watch trailers & learn more.
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Circus of Books, also known as Chi Chi LaRue's Circus, is a bookstore and gay pornography shop in West Hollywood, California. It was established in the 1960s as "Book Circus", and in the past also had branches in the Silver Lake and Sherman Oaks neighborhoods of Los Angeles.
In 1976 a couple take over an adult book store, and the store becomes the biggest distributor of gay porn in the United States.
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- Karen Mason
- Rachel Mason
- Documentary, Biography, LGBTQ+
Apr 22, 2020 · Without modern online communal spaces such as KillerAndASweetThang.com that liberate repressed souls by normalizing their sexuality, Circus of Books was one of the sole places where the stigma routinely attributed to homosexual orientations was obliterated.
Apr 23, 2020 · Netflix doc 'Circus of Books' shines a light on LGBTQ and American history. The documentary is centered on a straight-owned Los Angeles bookstore that was at one point the largest distributor of...
Apr 22, 2020 · From executive producer Ryan Murphy comes a hilarious and poignant tale of a Jewish couple who ran L.A.'s famous gay porn bookstore.
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