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Before Stonewall: The Making of a Gay and Lesbian Community is a 1984 American documentary film about the LGBT community prior to the 1969 Stonewall riots. It was narrated by author Rita Mae Brown, directed by Greta Schiller, co-directed by Robert Rosenberg, and co-produced by John Scagliotti and Rosenberg, and Schiller.
Jun 30, 2019 · Fifty years ago, at a grungy, Mafia-owned bar in Greenwich Village, a group of gay, lesbian, and transgender patrons who had long endured the harassment of random police raids reached a breaking...
Jun 27, 1985 · Before Stonewall: Directed by Greta Schiller, Robert Rosenberg. With Rita Mae Brown, Bruce Nugent, Henry Otis, Donna Smith. The history of the Gay and Lesbian community before the Stonewall riots began the major gay rights movement.
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- Documentary, History
- Greta Schiller, Robert Rosenberg
- 1985-06-27
The riots that followed the arrests at New York City's Stonewall Inn in 1969 are widely considered to be a major development in the history of gay and lesbian rights in America.
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- Documentary, History, Drama
- Greta Schiller
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.
Jun 21, 2019 · W hen police raided a Greenwich Village gay bar, the Stonewall Inn, on June 28, 1969 — 50 years ago this month — the harassment was routine for the time. But the fact that the patrons resisted ...
Recently revived in a remastered version at the Berlin International Film Festival, Before Stonewall traces the rise of queer consciousness in America preceding the Stonewall Rebellion. Chronicling the formation of urban gay enclaves, connections between servicemen and women in wartime, and early queer political organizations, rich with ...
