The unbelievable true story of Chelly Wilson, who escaped the Holocaust and built a porn cinema empire in New York City in the 1970s. Chelly was a Greek-born, Christmas-celebrating, Jewish grandma, who married men but was openly gay. This documentary charts her unlikely rise to wealth as a shrewd businesswoman on “The Deuce,” aka New York’s infamous 42nd Street.
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- Released
- Production
- Canada Media Fund | Fonds des médias du Canada, Creative Europe Media, Documentary Channel, Exile Films
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Top Cast
Chelly Wilson as Self (archive footage)
Top Crew
Valerie Kontakos · Director, Writer
Despina Pavlaki · Writer
Christos Asteriou · Writer
Ken Myhr · Composer
Martina Radwan · Cinematographer
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