Shelly's Leg
Shelly's Leg

Shelly's Leg

2025-06-24 | 16 min

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.

Genres

Documentary

Cast

Angela DiMarco

Angela DiMarco

Kody Harvard

Kody Harvard

Steve Vanderzee

Steve Vanderzee

Andy Dopieralski

Andy Dopieralski

Kathleen Turner

Kathleen Turner

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