Created by: Leilah Weinraub
Starring: Sex workers at ‘Shakedown’ Black Lesbian strip club in Los Angeles (2002 – 2004)
Date of Release: February 17, 2018
How to Access: Watch for free on Shakedown Film or pay via the Criterion Channel.
Context: (from the 2018 New Yorker article by Cassie de Costa about the film’s release) “Leilah Weinraub’s début documentary feature, “Shakedown,” which will screen at moma PS1 on March 18th, explores early-aughts Los Angeles through the underground black-lesbian strip club from which the film gets its name.”
Submtited by: Marie
