Rachel Mason: 'Circus of Books' Director on the 'Maverick Heroes' of Adult Retail

On the surface, “Circus of Books” is an elegiac chronicle of the last days of a beloved two-store retail chain in Los Angeles that held an outsized influence on the culture of the city, particularly its gay community. But the film is also a warm-hearted love letter to the maverick men and women whose brick-and-mortar dreams are the bedrock of adult entertainment.