Shakedown

2018, 72 minutes, Digital
United States

Language: English

Presented by: Baltimore Women's Media Alliance

Director: Leilah Weinraub

Distributor: The Film Collaborative

Please join us for a conversation with director Leilah Weinraub after the Baltimore Women’s Media Alliance presents SHAKEDOWN.

SHAKEDOWN is the story of Los Angeles’ black lesbian strip club scene and its genesis. Owned and operated by women, underground and illegal in nature, the club Shakedown is the darker, faster, younger iteration of this dance culture. The film is a window into this world. Shakedown emerged from a post-RIOTS, post-OJ, post-integration but still very racially divided Los Angeles. In this divided city Shakedown is an independent, all black and all female cash economy.


SHAKEDOWN chronicles the explicit performances and personal relationships of the party’s dancers and organizers including Ronnie-Ron, Shakedown Productions’ creator and emcee; Mahogany, the legendary “mother” of the community; Egypt, their star performer; and Jazmine, the “Queen” of Shak