Queen of the Deuce

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Queen of the Deuce

2024

1h 18m

Animation

Biography

Documentary

LGBTQ+

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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.

Tim Cogshell

FilmWeek (LAist)

06/14/2024

She is just astounding.

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Sa'iyda Shabazz

Autostraddle

05/24/2024

After watching Queen of the Deuce I feel like I had a lot more questions about Chelly Wilson than I did when I started watching.

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Nick Schager

The Daily Beast

05/24/2024

An affectionate portrait of Chelly as a one-of-a-kind trailblazer who lived life to the fullest, and always on her own iconoclastic terms, all while also providing a vivid snapshot of New York City during its daring and dangerous pre-sanitized era.

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Gregg Shapiro

Bay Area Reporter

07/01/2024

A-

Informative and entertaining in the best ways possible, "Queen of the Deuce" takes its place in the pantheon of must-see queer documentaries.

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Bill Arceneaux

Moviegoing with Bill

06/25/2024

4/5

An absolutely fabulous section of the film exhibition history in America. It is a classic “make it here, make it anywhere” immigrant tale—almost straight out of the movies.

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Wade Major

FilmWeek (LAist)

06/14/2024

It is a remarkable story.

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Valerie Kontakos

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Chelly Wilson

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Valerie Kontakos

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Despina Pavlaki

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Christos Asteriou

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Ed Barreveld

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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
Producer: Ed Barreveld, Valerie Kontakos, Despina Pavlaki
Screenwriter: Valerie Kontakos, Despina Pavlaki, Christos Asteriou
Distributor: Greenwich Entertainment
Genre: Animation, Biography, Documentary, LGBTQ+
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 24, 2024, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): May 24, 2024
Runtime: 1h 18m