American Swing
Director Jon Hart
Countries United States
Duration 81 min
Synopsis
The chronicle of the rise and fall of Larry Levenson, an ordinary man who turned the basement of the prestigious Ansonia building on the Upper West Side, in New York, into an effervescent sex club in 1977: Plato’s Retreat. The city's nightlife hit unprecedented heights and several couples came to the club to dance and swing. It was the start of a revolution and the sexual epicenter of a time, remembered here by former patrons, employees and never-before-seen archival images.
The chronicle of the rise and fall of Larry Levenson, an ordinary man who turned the basement of the prestigious Ansonia building on the Upper West Side, in New York, into an effervescent sex club in 1977: Plato’s Retreat. The city's nightlife hit unprecedented heights and several couples came to the club to dance and swing. It was the start of a revolution and the sexual epicenter of a time, remembered here by former patrons, employees and never-before-seen archival images.