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Name of the Game co-directors William Forbes & Douglas Skinner, producer LaLonie Gray, and executive producer, featured subject, and exotic dancer Featherstone Brewer, AKA XTC, will participate in Q&A's following the August 13 screening at the Royal and August 14 screening at the NoHo.
Name of the Game
The little-known history of the male exotic dancing scene that had its heyday in South Los Angeles.
Name of the Game
In the shadow of Chippendales, male exotic dancing in South Central Los Angeles thrived from the late 1980s until the early 2000s, with clubs like The Right Track, Tigers, and The Boom Boom Room open seven nights a week, and the dancers becoming local legends. In Name of the Game, we follow the lives of several past and current male dancers and the women that support them, both as fans and managers, to learn the untold story of Black male exotic dancing in Southern California, and how it intersects with the origins of hip hop, gang culture, and kung fu assassins. In interviews and performances, we learn the behind the scenes reality of the male exotic industry as it's never been told before: unfiltered, uncensored, and uncut.
"The little known history of the male exotic dancing scene that had its heyday in South Los Angeles… This isn't like Chippendales, and it certainly isn't 'Magic Mike.'" – Moviemaker Magazine
"The little known history of the male exotic dancing scene that had its heyday in South Los Angeles… This isn't like Chippendales, and it certainly isn't 'Magic Mike.'" – Moviemaker Magazine
Genre
Documentary,
African-American Experience,
Los Angeles,
Sexuality
Runtime
113
Language
English
Director
Will Forbes,
Douglas Skinner
Opening at
Glendale on Aug 15th
Played at
Royal 8.13.25 - 8.13.25