Review: 'Circus of Books' - Netflix Doc Profiles L.A. Their director daughter documents their life and times.
Circus of Books was an iconic bookstore/gay porn shop in West Hollywood for decades until closing last year, no longer able to keep up with competition from the internet. Watch trailers & learn more. 2020 TV-MA 1h 26m LGBTQ Documentaries. Warning: This interview contains spoilers for Circus of Books, streaming on Netflix April 22. For decades, a nice Jewish couple ran Circus of Books, a porn shop and epicenter for gay LA. “Circus of Books” takes its name from the gay porn bookstore Karen and Barry Mason owned, overseeing two locations in Los Angeles for over thirty years. Watch all you … Circus of Books. A Netflix documentary about an elderly Jewish couple who ran a gay pornography bookstore in Los Angeles has earned rave reviews from audiences and critics.. TRY 30 DAYS FREE SIGN IN. Here's what the know about the famous store now. Here's what the know about the famous store now. Netflix Netflix.
Welcome to the bookstore that gave life to LA’s gay community. Having grown up in the late 1970s and the era of the early years of this family's journey with The Circus of Books store, this film played with my heart the entire time.
Gay Bookshop Rachel Mason and her siblings grew up unaware that their parents ran a gay bookstore. UNLIMITED TV SHOWS & MOVIES. From with flashbacks to bygone times, through heartwarming reality and crises, clearly perseverance and love abound in each of their lives' chapters. Rachel Mason was in high school when she finally learned what her parents did for a living. Netflix's "Circus of Books" tells the story of how a straight couple came to run a gay porn shop.