Shelly's Leg
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Shelly's Leg

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2025
0h 16m
movie
Documentary

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.

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Cast & Crew

Director / Creator: Wes Hurley
Angela DiMarco
Angela DiMarco
Kody Harvard
Kody Harvard
St
Steve Vanderzee
Andy Dopieralski
Andy Dopieralski
Kathleen Turner
Kathleen Turner
Narrator

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