Stonewall : the making of a gay and lesbian community.

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Before Stonewall chronicles through interviews and historical footage the social, political and cultural history of homosexuality in America from the 1920s through 1969. Covers many of the milestones in the fight for gay acceptance and equal rights, culminating in the 1969 riots following the police...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Main Author: DiNicola, Don (Composer)
Corporate Authors: First-Run Features (Firm)
Before Stonewall, Inc
After Stonewall (Firm)
Center for Independent Documentary
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Alternative Media Information Center (New York, N.Y.)
Other Authors: Scagliotti, John (Producer, Screenwriter)
Schiller, Greta (Director, Producer)
Rosenberg, Robert, 1955- (Director, Producer)
Baus, Janet (Producer, Director)
Hunt, Dan (Producer, Director)
Podell, Andrew (Screenwriter, Researcher)
Walsh, Susan (Producer)
Basile, Vic (Producer)
Brown, Rita Mae (Narrator)
Hay, Harry (Interviewee)
Gittings, Barbara, 1932-2007 (Interviewee)
Maupin, Armistead (Interviewee)
Etheridge, Melissa (Narrator)
Kramer, Larry (Interviewee)
Kuehl, Sheila James (Interviewee)
Milk, Harvey (Interviewee)
Weiss, Andrea (Research team head)
Daughton, Bill (Film editor)
Kraepelin, Jan (Cinematographer)
Sissel, Sandi (Cinematographer)
Zheutlin, Cathy (Cinematographer)
De Rezende, Isabelle (Researcher)
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997 (Interviewee)
Kopkind, Andrew, 1935-1994 (Interviewer)
Lorde, Audre (Interviewee)
Flowers, Yvonne (Interviewee)
Gomez, Jewelle, 1948- (Interviewer)
Russo, Vito
Tomlin, Lily (Interviewee)
Allison, Dorothy, 1949- (Interviewee)
Frank, Barney, 1940- (Interviewee)
Bronski, Michael
Language:English
Published: New York : First Run Features, [2010?]
Edition:Twenty-fifth anniversary edition.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Subjects:
Gay liberation movement > United States > History.
Gay rights > United States > History.
Gay community > United States > History.
Gay people > United States > Social conditions.
Stonewall Riots, New York, N.Y., 1969.
Homosexuality > United States > History > 20th century.
Lesbianism > United States > History > 20th century.
Gay community.
Gay liberation movement.
Gay rights.
Gays > Social conditions.
Homosexuality.
Lesbianism.
New York (State) > New York.
United States.
1900 - 1999
Documentary films.
Anthology films.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
Feature films > United States.
History.
Genre:
Documentary films.
Anthology films.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
Feature films
History.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (175 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Making of a gay and lesbian community.
Gay and lesbian community.
Before after Stonewall : the making of a gay and lesbian community.
Before & after Stonewall.
Format: Video DVD
Contents:
  • Before Stonewall / executive producer, John Scagliotti ; director, Greta Schiller ; co-director, Robert Rosenberg ; producers, Robert Rosenberg, John Scagliotti, Greta Schiller ; produced by Before Stonewall, Inc. in association with Alternative Media Information Center. (1984; 87 min.)
  • After Stonewall / producer/writer, John Scagliotti ; co-producers/archival directors, Janet W. Baus, Dan Hunt ; writer/historical researcher, Andrew Podell ; produced in association with the Center for Independent Documentary, Susan Walsh ; executive producers, Vic Basile, John Scagliotti (1999; 88 min.).
  • Disc 1, Before Stonewall: 1. Narrator Rita Mae Brown explains where to look
  • 2. The early days of the 20th century
  • 3. The Harlem Renaissance
  • 4. The homosexual underground expands
  • 5. World War II
  • 6. The post-war period
  • 7. The McCarthy days : homsexuals = communists
  • 8. The 50's
  • 9. The 60's
  • 10. The Stonewall riots
  • 11. Credits.
  • Disc 2, After Stonewall: 1. Opening and funding credits
  • 2. Melissa Etheridge introduction
  • 3. Stonewall Riot days
  • 4. After the riot - gay power
  • 5. Gay men's sexual revolution
  • 6. Women's voices are heard
  • 7. Religion and politics in the 70's
  • 8. Anita Bryant and the backlash
  • 9. AIDS and Regan
  • 10. Gay culture in the 80's
  • 11. AIDS activism grows the movement
  • 12. The great march, 1987
  • 13. The 90's - culture war
  • 14. Clinton and "Don't ask, don't tell"
  • 15. Gays in the mainstream
  • 16. Memorials and credits.