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Before Stonewall
Year
2004
Language
ENGLISH
Duration
1h 27m
Rating
NR
CC
Performers
Rita Mae Brown, Audre Lorde, Harry Hay, Barbara Gittings, Allen Ginsberg, Meissa Etheridge
Directed By
Greta Schiller, Robert Rosenberg
Publication Information
First Run Features
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 horrifying public and private existences experienced by gay and lesbian Americans since the 1920s. 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.