Shakedown
2018•NR•1h 12m•5.2•Released
Documentary
‘Shakedown’ was a series of parties founded by and for African American women in Los Angeles that featured go-go dancing and strip shows for the city’s lesbian underground scene. Inspired by trans woman Mahogany who, as the mother of the scene, presided over queer strip shows and balls for non-heterosexual audiences in the 1980s, butch Ronnie Ron created, produced and presented the new shows. In them, the largely female clientele from the ‘hood’ slipped dollar notes into lap dancers’ panties while celebrating lesbian sexuality to pulsating hip-hop beats.
Director
Leilah Weinraub
Writer
Leilah Weinraub
Languages
English
Studio
MEMORY
Production
Company
MEMORY
Producer
Leilah Weinraub
Producer
Pilar Wiley
Producer
Riel Roch Decter
Producer
Michael Hekmat
Recommended
6.5
Heart of a Dog
2015
6.7
I Am Ali
2014
7.2
The Decline of Western Civilization
1981
8
Paris Is Burning
1991
7.2
Buck
2011
7.2
First Position
2011
6.5
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
2020
7.4
Above Majestic
2018
7.1
Katy Perry: Part of Me
2012
7.4
Sound City
2013
7.8
Live Aid
1985
6.8
Looking for Richard
1996
7.1
IMAX Hubble
2010
6.8
Echo in the Canyon
2019
6.2
This Changes Everything
2019
6.8
Nothing Like a Dame
2018
7.1
The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends
2019
7.9
My Mom Jayne
2025
8.4
O.J.: Made in America
2016
6.5
Love, Marilyn
2013
Similar Movies
7.3
Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators
2017
Thank You for Coming
2017
Two Four Six
2017
5.7
Stray Dog
2014
7.2
I Have Tourette's But Tourette's Doesn't Have Me
2005
7.2
Uncle Yanco
1967
8
Free Tibet
1998
Who Trains My Hands to War
0
Judgement in Hungary
2013
4.2
Kristina Talking Pictures
1976
6.4
O Seasons, O Castles
1958
7
Displaced Perssons
2013
7.6
The Corporation
2003
5.2
The Story of a Butcher Shop
2013
The Satanic Verses Affair
2009
10
Wintopia
2019
Wilt Chamberlain: Borscht Belt Bellhop
2013
7.1
Bigger Than Us
2021
1
In My Genes
2009
9
Chickies, Babies & Wannabees
2000