Before Stonewall : the making of a gay and lesbian community

DVD

Schiller, Greta, (film director,, film producer.). Scagliotti, John, (film producer.). Rosenberg, Robert, 1955- (film producer.). Brown, Rita Mae, (narrator.). Daughton, Bill, (editor of moving image work.). Sissel, Sandi, (director of photography.). Zheutlin, Cathy, (director of photography.). Media Network (U.S.), (production company.). First-Run Features (Firm), (publisher.).

Physical Description: 1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition: Newly restored [version].
Publisher: [New York, New York] : First Run Features, [2019]

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally released as a motion picture in 1984.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Editor, Bill Daughton ; cinematographers, Jan Kraepelin, Sandi Sissel, Cathy Zheutlin.
Participant or Performer Note:	Narrator, Rita Mae Brown.
Summary, etc.:	In 1969 the police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City's Greenwich Village, leading to three nights of rioting by the city's LGBT community. With this outpouring of courage and unity the gay liberation movement had begun. Newly restored for the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, this documentary pries open the closet door, setting free the dramatic story of survival, love, persecution, and resistance experienced by LGBT Americans since the early 1900's.
System Details Note:	DVD, NTSC.