Shelly's Leg
2025•16m•10.0•Released
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.
Director
Wes Hurley
Writer
Gary Atkins, Wes Hurley
Languages
English
Cast
Angela DiMarco
Kody Harvard
Steve Vanderzee
Andy Dopieralski
Kathleen Turner
Narrator
Production
Producer
Aaron Bear
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