First-Time Viewing

Before Stonewall

Release Date:June 27, 1985

Running Time:87 min

Genres:History, Documentary

Directors

Greta Schiller Robert Rosenberg

Cast

Rita Mae Brown Red Jordan Arobateau Ann Bannon Lisa Ben Allen Ginsberg Martin Duberman

Top billed cast (via TMDB).

Synopsis

New York City's Stonewall Inn is regarded by many as the site of gay and lesbian liberation since it was at this bar that drag queens fought back against police June 27-28, 1969. This documentary uses extensive archival film, movie clips and personal recollections to construct an audiovisual history of the gay community before the Stonewall riots.

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