Before Stonewall

Name: Before Stonewall
Genre: History, Documentary
Released: June 27, 1985
Duration: 87 min
Cast: Ann Bannon, Carroll Davis, George Buse, Gladys Bentley, Ivy Bottini

1985

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Before Stonewall: The Making of a Gay and Lesbian Community

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First Run Features | Release Date: June 27, 1985 | Unrated

Starring: Ann Bannon, Carroll Davis, George Buse, Gladys Bentley, Ivy Bottini, Lisa Ben, Martin Duberman, Maua Adele Ajanaku, Red Jordan Arobateau, Rita Mae Brown

Summary: In 1969 the police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City's Greenwich Village, leading to three nights of rioting by the city's gay community. With this outpouring of courage and unity the gay liberation movement had begun. Before Stonewall pries open the closet door, setting free the dramatic story of the sometimes horrifyingIn 1969 the police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City's Greenwich Village, leading to three nights of rioting by the city's gay community. With this outpouring of courage and unity the gay liberation movement had begun. Before Stonewall pries open the closet door, setting free the dramatic story of the sometimes horrifying public and private existences experienced by LGBT Americans since the early 1900's. Revealing and often humorous, this widely acclaimed film relives the emotionally-charged sparking of today's gay rights movement, from the events that led to the fevered 1969 riots to many other milestones in the brave fight for acceptance. Experience the fascinating and unforgettable, decade-by-decade history of homosexuality in America through eye-opening historical footage and amazing interviews with those who lived through an often brutal closeted history. [First Run Features]… Expand

Director: Greta Schiller and Robert Rosenberg

Genre(s): History, Documentary

Rating: Unrated

Runtime: 87 min

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Gary Goldstein

How the Great Depression, the World War II era, McCarthyism and the Lavender Scare, the Kinsey Reports, America’s rising bohemian subculture, the 1960s civil rights movement and more all affected the fraught evolution of gay and lesbian existence is chronologically examined here in lucid and enlightening ways. Read full review

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