Netflix has acquired worldwide rights to Circus of Books, Rachel Mason’s documentary about growing up alongside the iconic West Hollywood gay porn book store run by her parents. The deal comes ahead of the pic’s world premiere at in the Feature Documentary section at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Mason’s film spotlights the contradictions of growing up in the home of Karen and Barry Mason where sex was never discussed, but the business that grew out of a temporary gig distributing magazines for publisher Larry Flynt after their medical device company failed put her through college. (The family eventually ran a mini adult empire that included a hardcore film production company.)
Ryan Murphy, Josh Braun, John Battsek, Rhianon Jones and Gerald Herman are executive producers. The deal was negotiated by Submarine’s Braun and Katy Alimohammadi and Chris Perez of Donaldson + Callif.
Circus of Books premieres Friday...
Mason’s film spotlights the contradictions of growing up in the home of Karen and Barry Mason where sex was never discussed, but the business that grew out of a temporary gig distributing magazines for publisher Larry Flynt after their medical device company failed put her through college. (The family eventually ran a mini adult empire that included a hardcore film production company.)
Ryan Murphy, Josh Braun, John Battsek, Rhianon Jones and Gerald Herman are executive producers. The deal was negotiated by Submarine’s Braun and Katy Alimohammadi and Chris Perez of Donaldson + Callif.
Circus of Books premieres Friday...
- 4/25/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix has acquired worldwide rights to the documentary “Circus of Books” ahead of its premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Rachel Mason wrote and directed the pic, and also produced it along with Kathryn Robson, Cynthia Childs, Camilla Hall and Adam Baran. Ryan Murphy, Josh Braun, John Battsek, Rhianon Jones and Gerald Herman executive produced. Bob Hawk is a consulting producer.
The doc is set in the gay porn shop “Circus of Books,” which for 35 years, has served as an epicenter for Lgbt life and culture in Los Angeles. Unbeknownst to many in the community, the store is cultivated and cared for by its owners, Karen and Barry Mason — a straight couple with three children. The movie offers an intimate portrait of the Masons and their journey to become one of the biggest distributors of hardcore gay porn in the United States. Their story unfolds through the lens of their daughter,...
Rachel Mason wrote and directed the pic, and also produced it along with Kathryn Robson, Cynthia Childs, Camilla Hall and Adam Baran. Ryan Murphy, Josh Braun, John Battsek, Rhianon Jones and Gerald Herman executive produced. Bob Hawk is a consulting producer.
The doc is set in the gay porn shop “Circus of Books,” which for 35 years, has served as an epicenter for Lgbt life and culture in Los Angeles. Unbeknownst to many in the community, the store is cultivated and cared for by its owners, Karen and Barry Mason — a straight couple with three children. The movie offers an intimate portrait of the Masons and their journey to become one of the biggest distributors of hardcore gay porn in the United States. Their story unfolds through the lens of their daughter,...
- 4/25/2019
- by Justin Kroll
- Variety Film + TV
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