After Stonewall : from the riots to the millennium /

After Stonewall : from the riots to the millennium /

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. Chronicles the history of lesbian and gay life from...

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Corporate Author: First-Run Features (Firm)
Other Authors: Scagliotti, John, Etheridge, Melissa, Baus, Janet, Hunt, Dan, Basile, Vic, Allison, Dorothy, 1949-, Gomez, Jewelle, 1948-, Maupin, Armistead, Bronski, Michael, Brown, Rita Mae, Frank, Barney, 1940-, Kramer, Larry, Lucas, Craig
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : First Run Features, [2005]
Subjects:
Lesbians > New York (State) > New York.
Gay men > New York (State) > New York.
Human rights workers.
Stonewall Riots, New York, N.Y., 1969.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
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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. Chronicles the history of lesbian and gay life from the riots at Stonewall to the end of the century. Captures the hard work, struggles, tragic defeats and exciting victories experienced since then. It explores how AIDS literally changed the direction of the movement.
Item Description:Title from container.
Originally released in 1999.
Special features: Interview with director John Scagliotti; Dorothy Allison & Jewelle Gomez on Vito Russo; Armistead Maupin on PBS and the Christian Right; Barney Frank on Post-Stonewallian stories of travel; Jewelle Gomez on poetry as a galvanizing force; Dorothy Allison on making an alternative family; trailer gallery.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (approximately 88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; region 1; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital.
Audience:MPAA rating: Not rated.
Production Credits:Co-producers/archival directors, Janet W. Baus, Dan Hunt ; executive producers, Vic Basile, John Scagliotti.