SYNOPSIS
SHAKEDOWN is the story of the rise and fall of a black lesbian strip club in Los Angeles. Directed by Leilah Weinraub.
SHAKEDOWN is anchored in the stories of three women: Ronnie Ron, the creator and MC of Shakedown, a large butch/stud lesbian and former Jehovah's Witness; Egypt, a single mother, beauty pageant fanatic, and dedicated self re-inventor; and Jazmyne, the complicated and sometimes conflicted "Queen" of Shakedown. We see what they do, and how they feel about what they are doing. Shakedown emerged from a post-RIOTS, post-OJ, post-integration but still very racially divided Los Angeles. In this divided city SHAKEDOWN is the story of an independent, all black and all female cash economy.
SHAKEDOWN is the story of the rise and fall of a black lesbian strip club in Los Angeles. Directed by Leilah Weinraub.
SHAKEDOWN is anchored in the stories of three women: Ronnie Ron, the creator and MC of Shakedown, a large butch/stud lesbian and former Jehovah's Witness; Egypt, a single mother, beauty pageant fanatic, and dedicated self re-inventor; and Jazmyne, the complicated and sometimes conflicted "Queen" of Shakedown. We see what they do, and how they feel about what they are doing. Shakedown emerged from a post-RIOTS, post-OJ, post-integration but still very racially divided Los Angeles. In this divided city SHAKEDOWN is the story of an independent, all black and all female cash economy.