Vito / First-Run Features (Firm).

On June 27, 1969, a police raid on a Greenwich Village gay bar called the Stonewall took a surprising turn when patrons decided to fight back. A new era in the Gay Rights Movement was born and 23-year-old film student Vito Russo was among the crowd. Over the next twenty years until his death from AI...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Films on Demand.
Corporate Authors: Infobase (Film distributor)
First-Run Features (Firm)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned.
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : First-Run Features (Firm), [2011]
Series:Films on Demand.
Subjects:
Russo, Vito.
Internet videos.
Genre:
Internet videos.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Films On Demand @ Infobase)
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (1 hr., 32 min., 48 sec.)) : sound, color.
Format: Electronic Video
Contents:
  • Gay Rights Hero (1:39)
  • Vito's Childhood (1:58)
  • Finding Freedom (2:01)
  • High School Solidarity (1:22)
  • Social Stigma (1:16)
  • Homosexual "Disease" (1:37)
  • Discrimination against Homosexuality (1:14)
  • Stonewall (1:00)
  • Political Awakening (1:26)
  • Gay Liberation Movement (1:59)
  • Coming Out (1:12)
  • Gay Activists Alliance (GAA) (1:57)
  • Raising Awareness (1:23)
  • Gay Cultural Revolution (1:12)
  • Sexual Liberation (1:23)
  • Firehouse Movie Nights (2:11)
  • Leading a Political Life (0:35)
  • GAA Infighting (4:21)
  • Gay Journalism (2:25)
  • Early Gay Cinema (2:04)
  • Homosexual Cinema Research (2:30)
  • "The Celluloid Closet" Project (1:36)
  • Hidden Gay Characters (2:12)
  • Gay Character Evolution (2:39)
  • Threats to Society (2:17)
  • Gay Cultural Revelation (1:03)
  • Writing about Gay Culture (1:47)
  • Publishing "The Celluloid Closet" (1:40)
  • "Our Time" (2:26)
  • Inner Social Circle (1:54)
  • Love and Partnership (1:56)
  • Opposites Attract (1:48)
  • Selling Out (1:42)
  • Gay Related Immune Deficiency (GRID) (2:01)
  • AIDS Denial (1:30)
  • HIV Awareness (0:43)
  • Gay Catastrophe (1:02)
  • AIDS Patient (2:01)
  • HIV Diagnosis (2:43)
  • Losing His Partner (1:33)
  • AIDS Activism (0:44)
  • Dying of Homophobia (1:50)
  • AIDS Hysteria (0:55)
  • Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) (0:50)
  • Act Up Campaign (2:32)
  • Demanding AIDS Treatment (1:44)
  • Staying Strong (1:57)
  • Gay Leader (2:35)
  • Continuing to Fight for Gay Rights (1:27)
  • Final Days (1:29)
  • Gay Community Loss (1:46)
  • Credits: Vito (3:03)