The Little will screen League of Exotique Dancers (Rama Rau, U.S. / U.K. / Canada 2015, 90 min.) as part of the Women's History Month Film Series 2017.

With a blast of brassy jazz and a spin through the glitz of modern Las Vegas, award-winning director Rama Rau's documentary League of Exotique Dancers sets the stage for a provocative and eye-opening "backstage tour" of the golden age of Burlesque through the colorful lives of unforgettable women who made it glitter. It peels off the layers of glitter to expose the sexism, racism and widespread stigma faced by Burlesque striptease performers and, indeed, the wider array of working women in that tumultuous era. Illuminated by rare, never-before-seen, archival material, League of Exotique Dancers is all about its characters. Intimate interviews—held in homes and former haunts, filled with humour and heartbreak, reveal what keeps these former stars busy today: driving a hearse, running marathons, designing flannel nightgowns, a hypnotherapy practice . . . they're still full of surprises!

[source: Little Theatre website, 2017-Mar-6]