Description |
1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 87 min.)) : sound, color with black and white sequences |
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 |
Credits |
Editor, Bill Daughton ; cinematographers, Jan Kraepelin, Sandi Sissel, Cathy Zheutlin |
Performer |
Narrator, Rita Mae Brown |
Notes |
In English |
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Description based on online resource; title from title screen (viewed November 19, 2020) |
Subject |
Gay people -- United States -- Social conditions -- History -- 20th century
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Homophobia -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Gay community -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Stonewall Riots, New York, N.Y., 1969.
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Gay liberation movement -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Gay.
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Gay bars -- New York (State) -- New York
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Riots -- New York (State) -- New York
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Gay liberation movement.
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Human rights.
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History.
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Homosexuality.
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Sociology.
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Human Rights
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History
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Homosexuality
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Sociology
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history (discipline)
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homosexuality.
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sociology.
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Gay bars
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Gay community
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Gay liberation movement
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Gay people
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Homophobia
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Riots
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Gay identity
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Gay men
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Lesbian characters
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LGBTQ+ people
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Transgender identity
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Greenwich Village (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century
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New York (State) -- New York
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New York (State) -- New York -- Greenwich Village
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United States
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Genre/Form |
documentary film.
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Queer films
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Documentary films
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Feature films
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Historical films
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History
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Internet videos
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Nonfiction films
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Documentary films.
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Historical films.
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Feature films.
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Queer films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Internet videos.
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Documentaires.
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Films historiques.
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Films autres que de fiction.
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Vidéos sur Internet.
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Films queers.
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Form |
Streaming video
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Author |
Schiller, Greta, film director, film producer.
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Scagliotti, John, film producer.
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Rosenberg, Robert, 1955- film producer.
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Brown, Rita Mae, narrator.
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Daughton, Bill, editor of moving image work.
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Kraepelin, Jan, director of photography.
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Sissel, Sandi, director of photography.
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Zheutlin, Cathy, director of photography.
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Before Stonewall, Inc., production company.
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Alternative Media Information Center (New York, N.Y.), production company.
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