Stonewall Uprising
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Kate Davis
David Carter
Kate Davis
Kate Davis
David Heilbroner
David Heilbroner
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On June 28, 1969 New York City police raided a Greenwich Village Mafia-run gay bar, The Stonewall Inn. For the first time, patrons refused to be led into paddy wagons, setting off a 3-day riot that launched the Gay Rights Movement. Told by Stonewall patrons, journalists and the cop who led the raid, "Stonewall Uprising" recalls the bad old days when psychoanalysts equated homosexuality with mental illness and advised aversion therapy, and even lobotomies; public service announcements warned youngsters against predatory homosexuals; and police entrapment was rampant. A treasure-trove of archival footage vividly depicts this all-too-recent reality, a time when Mike Wallace announced on a 1966 CBS Reports: "The average homosexual, if there be such, is promiscuous. He is not interested in, nor capable of, a lasting relationship like that of a heterosexual marriage." At the height of this oppression, a routine police raid on the Stonewall triggered nights of pandemonium with tear gas, billy clubs and a small army of tactical police. The rest is history.
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Released in United States June 16, 2010
Released in United States Summer June 16, 2010
Based on the book "Stonewall: The Riots that Sparked the Gay Revolution" written by David Carter, published by St. Martin's Press June 1, 2004.
Released in United States June 16, 2010 (New York City)
Released in United States Summer June 16, 2010
