The Velvet Hammer Burlesque
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Cast & Crew
Teri Geary
Michelle Carr
Rita D'albert
Halle Pickering
Hope Urban
Pleasant Gehman
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For three years, filmmaker Augusta faithfully followed The Velvet Hammer Burlesque troupe from city to city, documenting sold-out performances, auditions, and rehearsals. Highlights include the dancers as they transform from sweat suit-clad chorines into sequined burlesque queens, as the San Diego Vice Squad check the girls' costumes for 'decency', to Kitten De Ville capturing the title of Miss Exotic World 2002. With live footage, candid interviews with the cast and recreated vignettes that recall the hey-day of burlesque, the documentary literally undresses a uniquely cultural phenomenon, the American folk art known as Burlesque, capturing the very essence of The Velvet Hammer.
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Released in United States April 21, 2004
Released in United States Spring April 21, 2004
Shown at San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival June 10-27, 2004.
Digital Video
color
Released in United States April 21, 2004 (Los Angeles)
Released in United States Spring April 21, 2004
