Documentary · 2025 · 16m

Shelly's Leg

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Director
Wes Hurley
Cast
Angela DiMarco as Kody Harvard as Steve Vanderzee as Andy Dopieralski as Kathleen Turner as Narrator
Crew
Gary Atkins — Writer Wes Hurley — Writer Aaron Bear — Producer
Synopsis

In 1970, an eccentric young stripper named Shelly Baumann loses her leg in a freak parade canon accident, then uses her settlement money to open 'Shelly's Leg' disco - one of the nation's first and most consequential openly gay spaces.

Mood & Themes
lgbtfactualintense
Key Collaborators
Wes Hurley Director Gary Atkins Writer Wes Hurley Writer Aaron Bear Producer
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