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Before Stonewall

Before Stonewall

DocumentaryHistory

1984, Movie, 1h 27min

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.

Country: United States

Directors:

Greta Schiller,

Robert Rosenberg

Cast:

Allen Ginsberg,

Rita Mae Brown,

Martin Duberman,

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Before Stonewall include Shoah, The Story of the Kinks, American Experience: Henry Ford, Stirling, Ralph Erskine, Potsdam: Germany's City of Ghosts.

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Before Stonewall was released in theaters on June 27, 1985.