critiQs

Login Sign-up
Before Stonewall

Before Stonewall

#
Documentary   History
📜 Overview: 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.
🌏 Languages Available: English
📆 Date Released: 1984-09-15
⌚ Running Time: 87 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 6.8

Beloved Cast

Rita Mae Brown original image
Narrator
Rita Mae Brown
Red Jordan Arobateau original image
Himself - writer
Red Jordan Arobateau
Ann Bannon original image
Herself - university professor
Ann Bannon
Lisa Ben original image
Herself - former secretary
Lisa Ben
Allen Ginsberg original image
Himself
Allen Ginsberg
Martin Duberman original image
Himself
Martin Duberman

Similar Movies

7.4
Movie Name : Nikola Tesla: The Genius Who Lit the World
Release Date : 🕔 1994-01-01
Average Rating: 7.4
Genres:
Duration :

overview : Nikola Tesla is considered the father of our modern technological age and one of the most mysterious and controversial scientists …

6.4
Movie Name : The Lady of Heaven
Release Date : 🕔 2021-12-10
Average Rating: 6.4
Genres:
Duration :

overview : Two stories separated by 1400 years. After losing his mother in the midst of a war-torn country, an Iraqi child …

5.2
Movie Name : Gaming in Color
Release Date : 🕔 2014-04-23
Average Rating: 5.2
Genres:
Duration :

overview : This feature length documentary explores the queer side of gaming culture and the game industry's LGBTQ presence. The GaymerX convention …

5.1
Movie Name : Deep Water: The Real Story
Release Date : 🕔 2016-10-16
Average Rating: 5.1
Genres:
Duration :

overview : In the 1980s and 1990s a wave of murders bloodied the idyllic coastline of Sydney’s eastern suburbs. The victims: young …

8.5
Movie Name : Brick by Brick
Release Date : 🕔 1982-01-01
Average Rating: 8.5
Genres:
Duration :

overview : A prescient portrait of late-1970s Washington, D.C., that chronicles the city's creeping gentrification, the systematic expulsion of poor Black residents, …

7.2
Movie Name : Salesman
Release Date : 🕔 1969-04-17
Average Rating: 7.2
Genres:
Duration :

overview : This documentary from Albert and David Maysles follows the bitter rivalry of four door-to-door salesmen working for the Mid-American Bible …

3.8
Movie Name : Butch Jamie
Release Date : 🕔 2008-11-18
Average Rating: 3.8
Genres:
Duration :

overview : The film follows the story of Jamie, a struggling butch lesbian actress who gets cast as a man in a …

7.1
Movie Name : Iverson
Release Date : 🕔 2014-04-27
Average Rating: 7.1
Genres:
Duration :

overview : Iverson is the ultimate legacy of NBA legend Allen Iverson, who rose from a childhood of crushing poverty in Hampton, …

7.0
Movie Name : Pornotropic
Release Date : 🕔 2020-09-30
Average Rating: 7.0
Genres:
Duration :

overview : When French writer Marguerite Duras (1914-96) published her novel The Sea Wall in 1950, she came very close to winning …

0.0
Movie Name : Der Rhein - Strom der Geschichte
Release Date : 🕔 2016-06-11
Average Rating: 0.0
Genres:
Duration :

overview :

10.0
Movie Name : James Baldwin Abroad
Release Date : 🕔 2023-02-03
Average Rating: 10.0
Genres:
Duration :

overview : Showcasing three short films by American writer James Baldwin, wherein he muses about race, sexuality and civil rights, among other …

0.0
Movie Name : things that won't die
Release Date : 🕔 2022-03-05
Average Rating: 0.0
Genres:
Duration :

overview : After finding some videos she uploaded to YouTube when she was a child, Manuela attempts to follow the trail she …

4.0
Movie Name : Silent Pioneers
Release Date : 🕔 1985-09-01
Average Rating: 4.0
Genres:
Duration :

overview : Contrary to the public stereotype of a youthful homosexual community, gay men and women do grow old. Silent Pioneers presents …

8.0
Movie Name : Rituel
Release Date : 🕔 1979-01-01
Average Rating: 8.0
Genres:
Duration :

overview : Music performed by The New York Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by Pierre Boulez. Schwartz manipulates by computer, in real-time the …

0.0
Movie Name : I Heard It Through the Grapevine
Release Date : 🕔 1982-03-03
Average Rating: 0.0
Genres:
Duration :

overview : Renowned Black writer James Baldwin retraces his time in the South during the Civil Rights Movement, reflecting with his trademark …

5.0
Movie Name : Le plafond de verre
Release Date : 🕔 2006-01-11
Average Rating: 5.0
Genres:
Duration :

overview : This is the story of the few people who went ahead, beyond racial prejudice. And their struggle to open the …

8.6
Movie Name : Forever
Release Date : 🕔 2006-10-05
Average Rating: 8.6
Genres:
Duration :

overview : Père-Lachaise - one of the world's most famous and beautiful cemeteries - is the final resting-place of a gifted group …

0.0
Movie Name : MONTAÑAS
Release Date : 🕔 2019-10-22
Average Rating: 0.0
Genres:
Duration :

overview : Bolivia's Climbing Cholitas - a group of indigenous women scaling the Andes Mountains, some of the highest peaks in the …

Comments (0)