

Before Stonewall
Visit website6.7/10 • 29
1984-09-15 • 1h 27m
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.
- Directors
- Greta Schiller, Robert Rosenberg
- Editors
- Bill Daughton

Before Stonewall
Visit website1984-09-15 • 1h 27m
6.7/10 • 29
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.
- Directors
- Greta Schiller, Robert Rosenberg
- Editors
- Bill Daughton
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsRita Mae Brown
Narrator (voice)
Red Jordan Arobateau
Self - Writer
Ann Bannon
Self - University Professor
Lisa Ben
Self - Former Secretary
Allen Ginsberg
Self
Martin Duberman
Self
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- English
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- Keywords
- civil rightsmale homosexualityoppressionlgbtstonewall riotwoman directorgay history