Sunday, February 4, 2007

Lindalee Tracey: the 70s were "the last good time to be a stripper"

Hot Docs will award a prize to for emergent documentray filmamkers in honour of spirited lady Lindalee Tracey who died last October. The former erotic dancer was underage when she started getting naked for money and fame in 1973—and she started this charity initiative called "Tits for Tots." She actually like stripping and said the 70s were "the last good time to be a stripper." true dat!
Tracey is also remembered for her range of subjects in her documentaries. She covered her own dad—in Abby, I Hardly Knew Ya, which told about his life and his subsequent homelessness after leaving her and her mother. In Bhopal: The Search for Justice, she brought international attention to the chemical spill that killed thousands in India.



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