Queen of the Deuce

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.

Country:

Canada,

Greece

Genre:

Animation,

Documentary,

History

Duration:

75 minutes

Year:

2023

Director:

Valerie Kontakos

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Company:

Canada Media Fund | Fonds des médias du Canada,

Creative Europe Media,

Documentary Channel,

Exile Films,

Front Row Insurance Brokers,

GAT PR,

Goldenberg Nahmias,

Greenwich Entertainment

Cast:

Self (archive footage)

Crew:

Editor

Director

Executive Producer

Producer

Producer