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Before Stonewall (1984)

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Reviews Counted: 5 Fresh: 4  Rotten:1 Average Rating: 6.3/10

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Runtime: 88 mins

Synopsis: This is the story of the gay community and how they have strived to be accepted. focusing on the events that led to the fevered 1969 riots at a New York City gay bar (Stonewall Inn), and many other milestones in the brave gay movement for acceptance.... This is the story of the gay community and how they have strived to be accepted. focusing on the events that led to the fevered 1969 riots at a New York City gay bar (Stonewall Inn), and many other milestones in the brave gay movement for acceptance. [More]

Genre: Education/General Interest

Director: J. Scagliotti, Robert Rosenberg, Greta Schiller
Producer: Greta Schiller

DVD Info

Release:

Jun 5, 2005

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region [unknown]
  • Keep Case

Additional Release Material:

  • Never-Before-Seen Scenes and Interviews
  • Trailers

Text/Image Galleries:

  • Two Poems by Allen Ginsberg
  • Biographies

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4/5

Fascinating history of 20th Century Gay America

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Michael E. Grost
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Philip Martin
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This is a documentary that can tell the sometimes bitter truth and still conclude with an unambiguously heartening flourish.

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05/21/04
Eric Henderson
Slant Magazine
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Before Stonewall stands as a competent documentary, straight-forward without any great cinematic techniques that stand out

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09/01/02
John A. Nesbit
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