The Canal Street Madam (2010)

Until an FBI bust upended her life Jeanette Maier was a successful New Orleans madam Her discreet clientele included a number of powerful highranking politicians The ensuing very public trial both in the courtroom and in the media focused salaciously on the fact that Jeanettes brothel was a family affair Jeanette ran the business with her mother and she employed her own daughter as an escort Jeanette and her family ended up infamous their futures blighted by felony convictions yet their wellconnected clients escaped exposure Now the Canal Street Madam sets out to reinvent herself to reclaim her public persona and to protect her family as she fights back against a system that silences the powerless and protects the elite