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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.
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Before Stonewall: Directed by Greta Schiller, Robert Rosenberg. With Rita Mae Brown, Bruce Nugent, Harry 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
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.
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 ...
Jun 21, 2019 · After Before Stonewall played in theaters and was broadcast on PBS — and even got a shout-out on a Seinfeld episode —many people, straight and gay, told me that seeing the film was key to...
Jun 17, 2019 · The seminal 1984 documentary Before Stonewall charts the history of the gay and lesbian movement in the United States from the Twenties to Stonewall in 1969, making for an invaluable primer into our own collective backstory.
The film is a collage of interviews, photos, home movies, and news footage of the events described. Through first-person accounts, it weaves a narrative of LGBTQ history to inform the viewers of today just how much different those times were for queer people.
Jun 19, 2019 · The creators of a seminal LGBTQ rights documentary are marking the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising by giving their film a crisp and timely revamp.
