Before & After Stonewall – 18 Documentary Videos

Well, actually it’s only two full length documentaries, but they are cut up into You Tube size bites on the web if you want to take it in that way. There’s also a link to Amazon where one can purchase the vids. They are a sweet bit of history on the lgbt front. Here’s the link to the youtube page with the full playlist.

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Director: John Scagliotti & Greta Schiller /Year: 1984 /Genre: Documentary /Country: USA

Plot summary: 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.

Review: I have lost count of the number of times I have seen this wonderful documentary. The archival material alone — film clips and still photographs of gay life in America between 1900 and the ’60s — is enough to make this film a treasure; but it is the interviews with survivors of the pre-Stonewall era that make Before Stonewall a priceless heirloom of gay studies and a must in the personal education of any socially conscious person interested in gay culture.

Amazon links:

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Internet Movie Database: Before Stonewall (1984) IMDB

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Also, here is an audio message from Michael Levine (R), who witnessed the Stonewall Riots on June 27th, 1969. Michael Levine on the Stonewall Riots
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Here’s another sweet video that I just fell for – my son is around that age right now, and it is such a dreamy, fun time of life:

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Before & After Stonewall – 18 Documentary Videos -- They are a sweet bit of history on the lgbt front. Here’s the link to the youtube page with the full playlist.

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