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Title:

Before Stonewall [videorecording] : the making of a gay and lesbian community / Corporation for Public Broadcasting ; produced by Before Stonewall, Inc. in association with Alternative Media Information Center ; director, Greta Schiller ; producers, Robert Rosenberg, John Scagliotti, Gretta Schiller.

Format:

[videorecording] :

Publisher:

First Run Features,

Copyright Date:

1999?, c1984

Description:

1 videocassette (88 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in.

Subject:

Documentary films.
Gay liberation movement--United States--History.
Homosexuality--United States--History--20th century.
Lesbianism--United States--History--20th century.
Stonewall Riots, New York, N.Y., 1969.

Other Authors:

Rosenberg, Robert, 1955-
Scagliotti, John.
Schiller, Greta.
Brown, Rita Mae.
Before Stonewall, Inc.
Alternative Media Information Center (New York, N.Y.)
First-Run Features (Firm)

Notes:

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1984. Narrated by Rita Mae Brown.

Summary:

A social, political and cultural history of homosexuality in America from the 1920s to 1969. Traces the beginning of the Gay Liberation Movement after a police raid on Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City, and the three-day riot that followed.

UPC:

720229908962

Locations:

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)