Queen of the Deuce (2023)
Animation, Documentary, History
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.
Director: Valerie Kontakos
Writers: Christos Asteriou, Valerie Kontakos, Despina Pavlaki
The Cast
Chelly Wilson
Self (archive footage)
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