书之马戏团纪录片

纪录片《书之马戏团》剧情介绍

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 was expected to be a brief sideline led to their becoming fully immersed IN the LGBT community as they took over a localstore，Circus of Books. A decade later，they had become the biggest distributors of gay porn IN the US. The film focuses on the double life they led，trying to maintain the balance of being parents at a time when LGBT culture was not yet accepted. Their many challenges included facing jail time for a federal obscenity prosecution and enabling their store to be a place of refuge at the height of the AIDS crisis. Circus of Books offers a rare glimpse into an untold chapter of queer history，and it is told through the lense of the owners' own daughter，Rachel Mason，an artist，filmmaker and musician.