Queen of the Deuce (2023)
The unbelievable true story of Chelly Wilson, who escaped the Holocaust and built a porn cinema empire in New York City in the 1970s. Chelly was a Greek-born, Christmas-celebrating, Jewish grandma, who married men but was openly gay. This documentary charts her unlikely rise to wealth as a shrewd businesswoman on “The Deuce,” aka New York’s infamous 42nd Street.
Director: Valerie Kontakos
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Chelly Wilson as Self (archive footage) |
| Production | Valerie Kontakos | Producer |
| Production | Valerie Kontakos | Executive Producer |
| Production | Ed Barreveld | Producer |
| Directing | Valerie Kontakos | Director |
| Production | Bondi Walters | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Rob Ruzic | Editor |
| Production | Despina Pavlaki | Producer |
| Production | Don Walters | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Christos Asteriou | Writer |
| Camera | Martina Radwan | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Valerie Kontakos | Writer |
| Camera | Patrick McGowan | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Despina Pavlaki | Writer |
| Sound | Ken Myhr | Original Music Composer |
| Crew | Thanasis Dovas | Post Production Supervisor |
| Production | Ed Barreveld | Executive Producer |
| Crew | Stephanie de Bem | Post Production Supervisor |