American Swing

A story that may have only happened in 1970s New York City, the tale of Larry Levenson and the rise and fall of his infamous swingers' nightclub Plato's Retreat. In 1977, New York City was scorched by stifling heat waves, enervated by energy crunches and inflation and hurtling toward social unrest. Meanwhile, swinging couples were doing their thing at Plato's Retreat. American Swing captures the glorious last gasp of the (mostly hetero) sexual revolution that had been birthed in the sixties and may have died on the dance floor at Plato's.