Shelly's Leg
In 1970, an eccentric young stripper named Shelly Baumann loses her leg in a freak parade canon accident, then uses her settlement money to open ‘Shelly’s Leg’ disco – one of the nation’s first and most consequential openly gay spaces. Narrated by Oscar-nominee, Kathleen Turner.
- Country: USA
- Year: 2025
- Length: 17
- Director: Wes Hurley
- Script: Wes Hurley
- Cast: Kathleen Turner
Wes Hurley
Wes Hurley was born Vasili Naumenko in Vladivostok, Soviet Union. After immigrating to the US with his mother, Hurley studied drama, interdisciplinary arts and film at the University of Washington. He has written, directed and produced dozens of award-winning queer shorts, three feature films and two seasons of «Capitol Hill», a series he created for Huffington Post.