Queen of the Deuce

Queen of the Deuce
dir. Valerie Kontakos/Greece, Canada/2022/75 min.
place
date
time
Kinoteka, sala 4
2023-05-12
12:15
Luna, sala B
2023-05-13
20:45
Luna, sala A
2023-05-16
16:15
Elektronik, duża sala
2023-05-18
20:30
Kinoteka, sala 1
2023-05-20
21:30

From the late ’60s to the mid ’80s, in the notorious Times Square area known as the Deuce, the eccentric, Greek-born Chelly Wilson built a porn cinema empire and a reputation as one of the most savvy and charismatic figures on the scene. With a cigarette in hand and bags of money stashed in the corner, Chelly regularly held court in her bunkerlike apartment above the legendary 8th Avenue all-male Adonis Theatre, summoning a lively cabal of associates, entertainers and fellow poker players, with her female lovers always hovering and grandchildren often underfoot. Yet few in her circle knew of the risks she took to get there. Queen of the Deuce reveals Chelly’s origins as a taboo-breaking entrepreneur and traces the fraught events that lead to her departure from Europe on the eve of war, and the unconventional trajectories of her American business ventures and personal life. With the rise of feminism, the sexual revolution and gay pride in frame, Queen of the Deuce is an alternate take on cultural history as seen through Chelly Wilson’s empowering story of survival.

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  • projection time:
    75 min.
  • country/year:
    Greece, Canada /2022
  • director:
    Valerie Kontakos
  • pictures:
    Patrick McGowan, Martina Radwan
  • production:
    Ed Barreveld, Valerie Kontakos, Despina Pavlaki / Exile Films, Storyline Entertainment
  • festivals and awards:
    2022 – DOC NYC, New York

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