Film on aging burlesque dancers opens Hot Docs fest in Toronto - Vancouver Sun

TORONTO - The Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival kicks off Thursday with a look at aging burlesque dancers in Las Vegas.

"League of Exotique Dancers" by Toronto director Rama Rau profiles eight women who are members of the Burlesque Hall of Fame and still perform onstage. The oldest of the women is 86.

The Canadian Press spoke with Rau about the doc, which is the festival's opening-night film. READ MORE