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After Stonewall
Year
2004
Language
ENGLISH
Duration
1h 28m
Rating
NR
CC
Performers
Armistead Maupin, Rita Mae Brown, Melissa Etheridge, Barney Frank
Directed By
John Scagliotti, Janet Baus, Dan Hunt
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. After Stonewall, the sequel to Before Stonewall, chronicles the history of lesbian and gay life from the riots at Stonewall to the end of the century. Narrated by Melissa Etheridge, it captures the hard work, struggles, tragic defeats and exciting victories experienced during this time, and it explores how AIDS dramatically changed the direction of the movement.