Circus of Books 2019 123movies

Watch: Circus of Books 2019 123movies, Full Movie Online – In 1976, Karen and Barry Mason had fallen on hard times and were looking for a way to support their young family when they answered an ad in the Los Angeles Times. Larry Flynt was seeking distributors for Hustler Magazine. What wa….
Plot: For decades, a nice Jewish couple ran Circus of Books, a porn shop and epicenter for gay LA. Their director daughter documents their life and times.
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Ratings:

	7.1/10 Votes: 4,697
	98% | RottenTomatoes
	74/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 78 Popularity: 5.384 | TMDB

Reviews:

Wonderful
Having grown up in the late 1970s and the era of the early years of this family’s journey with The Circus of Books store, this film played with my heart the entire time. From with flashbacks to bygone times, through heartwarming reality and crises, clearly perseverance and love abound in each of their lives’ chapters.

An interesting family story with an emotional glimpse of the gay community!
Circus of Books is not a documentary about the LGBTQ community per se, however, it shows a slice of the community history from a perspective of a straight couple that, given the opportunity, decided to make a living with a gay porn magazine and film store. From a more critical perspective, it shows hypocrisy from a religious mom that profits out of the gay culture (big corporations do that these days) but who is also homophobic to some degree towards her own gay son — I appreciated that the daughter, who’s also queer, shows this raw side of her mother without trying to cover it up. As they also show the mother’s own journey to learn how to accept and love her gay son. From a political perspective, the documentary quickly shows the persecution and religious moralism that the US government used to oppress the community, which we can see happening again under the current administration. It also touches the sad times of the HIV crisis, though focused more on how it affected the porn store. Finally, from a cultural perspective, it nostalgically shows the 80’s and 90’s gay habits to go out and meet face to face, at the store, or at a nearby alley – things that no longer happen in the current online days.Overall, it’s a really interesting and emotional documentary, a family story with just a glimpse of the challenges, glory, resistance and beauty and of the gay community!

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 32 min (92 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Not Rated
Genre Documentary, Biography, History
Director Rachel Mason
Writer Rachel Mason, Kathryn Robson
Actors Karen Mason, Barry Mason, Micah Mason
Country N/A
Awards Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. 2 wins & 4 nominations total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Stereo
Aspect Ratio 1.78 : 1 / (high definition)
Camera Red One Camera
Laboratory N/A
Film Length N/A
Negative Format Digital
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate
Printed Film Format Digital