Netflix doc 'Circus of Books' shines a light on LGBTQ and American history. - NBCOUT
Courtesy of NetflixLOS ANGELES - Karen and Barry Mason were an average couple living the 1980s Southern California dream — a humble home in West Hollywood, three healthy children, weekly services at a synagogue in the San Fernando Valley and a small business to call their own.
That business, unbeknownst to friends at barbecues and PTA meetings, was at one point the largest distributor of gay pornography in the country, and a cultural safe haven for the queer community amid the draconian moralism of the Reagan era. Their oddball, deeply emotional family journey is at the heart of the new Netflix documentary"Circus of Books," which debuted April 22. Directed by the Masons' daughter Rachel Mason, the film explores the trials of the Mason tribe, who lived in fear of judgment from their God and their peers while also forging lasting bonds with the societal outcasts who frequented their bookstore and built a community against the odds.
"I'm the one who was the preservationist and the cultural member of the family," says Rachel Mason, an artist and a longtime member of the Los Angeles queer avant-garde scene."There was always this untouched treasure chest of family footage in the house, and so many have told me that this story is really part of gay history."Sign Up
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