Sep 15, 1984
87 min
Full-HD

Before Stonewall (1984)

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.

Category

Documentary History

Country

United States of America

Companies

Center for the Study of Filmed History Before Stonewall Inc.

Rita Mae Brown

Narrator

Red Jordan Arobateau

Himself - writer

Ann Bannon

Herself - university professor

Lisa Ben

Herself - former secretary

Allen Ginsberg

Himself

Martin Duberman

Himself

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