Before Stonewall (Film screening)
Wed 03 Jul
|London
External event: please purchase your tickets at the link below. Thank you
Time & Location
03 Jul 2024, 20:15
London, 94-96 Chiswick High Rd., Chiswick, London W4 1SH, UK
About the event
On June 27, 1969, police raided The Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York. In a spontaneous show of support and frustration, the city’s gay community rioted for three nights in the streets, an event that is considered the birth of the modern Gay Rights Movement. This multiple Emmy award winning documentary pries open the closet door, setting free the dramatic stories of gay communities of eras past. Revealing and often humorous, the award winning Before Stonewall exposes the fascinating and unforgettable decade-by-decade history of homosexuality in America, from 1920’s Harlem through to World War II and the witch hunt trials of the McCarthy era, before winding up at the Stonewall Inn one summer night. Before Stonewall is essential viewing for all those who have celebrated their sexuality, or have been persecuted because of it… 50 YEARS ON FROM THE NOTORIOUS STONEWALL RIOTS…Directed by…