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Storyville - The Naked Dance

Storyville - The Naked Dance

JUL 10, 2001 · 60 MIN · DIR. MAIA HARRIS

Documentary

The Naked Dance is the first documentary about America's legendary legal red-light district that thrived in New Orleans from 1898 until World War I. Storyville got its name when Alderman Sidney Story attempted to clear up the New Orleans waterfront by restricting prostitution to a specific neighborhood. To his chagrin, the area was dubbed "Storyville," and it was so known until the U.S. Navy closed it for good in 1917.

Crew

Writer

Maia Harris

Writer

Anne O. Craige

Producer

Maia Harris

Producer

Anne O. Craige