Take a visible action with the limitededition surface pro. The 1969 stonewall riots in greenwich village have historically been credited for starting the gay rights movement. Prior to the stonewall riots, the gay community in the united states was not unrepresented. The stonewall riots significantly changed that forever. Stonewall uprising american experience pbs thirteen. Veteran filmmakers kate davis and david heilbroner adolescent addict, jockey explore the dramatic event that launched a worldwide rights movement.
Stonewall uprising is a 2010 american documentary film examining the events surrounding the stonewall riots that began during the early hours of june 28. Stonewall s legacy today while the political and communal effects of the stonewall riots are real enough, what actually occurred in those early morning hours has become the stuff of legend. Almost no archival footage exists of the 1969 stonewall riots, which gives kate davis and david heilbroners documentary feature stonewall uprising the frustrating air of an oral history lesson. Stonewall uprising explores turning point in lgbt history. Kate davis, david heilbroner 2010 a reconstruction of the 1969 uprising against the repressive climate for gay americans, with weird and wonderful archive footage and upbeat eyewitness accounts. Those documentaries from 1984 and 1999 respectively were reissued in a twodvd set for pride month. This film tells the story of the massive police raid of stonewall in june 1969. A documentary on the police raid of the stonewall inn on june 28, 1969. For the first time, patrons refuse to be led into paddy wagons, setting off a 3day riot that launches the. The history and legacy of the protests that helped spark the modern. Stonewall uprising theatrical trailer the documentary tells the story of the police raid of the stonewall inn in june 1969 that lead to ri. Today, president obama will designate a new national monument at the historic site of the stonewall uprising in new york city to honor the broad movement for lgbt equality, the white house said in a statement on friday. Stonewall uprising weaves interviews of gay bar patrons and the policeman who headed the moral squad and two village voice reporters who were at the riots. The stonewall riots that began in the wee hours of june 28, 1969, 1 lasted six nights and catapulted the issue of sexual liberation out of the dark ages and into a new era.
In this lesson, students analyze four documents to answer the question. That night the street erupted into violent protests and street demonstrations that lasted for the next three days. Jun 25, 2010 before stonewall ended with the stonewall riots. Lgbt video watch pbss american experience stonewall. New film stonewall uprising revisits lgbt milestone. Stonewall uprising is a powerful, firsthand account of people who, having been habitually persecuted for doing things we all take for granted said enough. In 1969, homosexuality was illegal in almost every state. Nyc police raid a greenwich village mafiarun gay bar, the stonewall inn. Henry gerber, a german immigrant, founded the society for human rights, the first documented gay rights organization in the united states. Description the stonewall uprising explores the dramatic 1969 police raid on the stonewall inn that gave birth to the modern gay rights movement told by those who took part, from drag queens and street hustlers to police detectives, journalists, and a former mayor of new york, and featuring a rich trove of archival footage, this riveting film revisits a time when homosexual acts were illegal.
Stonewall uprising sounds like it might have been called during stonewall, but an opening title reveals the scarcity of photos and film footage of the actual events. Watch stonewall uprising american experience official. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Share some or all of the background information on the stonewall. The culture wars that are brewed up against homosexual americans to score cheap political points may hinge these days on secondary concerns like marriage and serving in the. The stonewall inn in new york citys west village neighborhood is now a national monument, the white house announced. The new documentary stonewall uprising opening june 25. Stonewall uprising is the new documentary which will open at film forum on june 16 and run through june 29. Everything you need to know about stonewall uprising movie 2010. The stonewall uprising that began 40 years ago this month in greenwich village has come to be seen as a defining event in the development of the gay rights movement, but little visual evidence has survived from the six nights of the disturbances, in which gay men fought back against a pattern of police harassment. The film features interviews with eyewitnesses to the incident, including the new york police department deputy inspector seymour pine. The stonewall legacy how the stonewall riots worked.
The relative freedoms and social acceptance that millions of particularly urban american lgbt people experience today would have seemed as surreal to that earlier generation. The documentary, produced and directed by kate davis and david heilbroner, is a wellmade, educational and personal look. One of the most important factors of an events legacy is the existence of a community with the desire and capacity to remember it. As this weekend marks 41 years since stonewall, and 40 years since the first gay pride celebrations, we caught up with carter who now lives in new york city to discuss his role in making the. In june 1969, a police raid on the stonewall inn sparks the beginning of the gayrights movement. Stonewall uprising made its theatrical debut on june 16, 2010 at the film forum in new york city. The basis of the pbs american experience documentary stonewall uprising. The aftermath after the stonewall riots in 1969 many gay activists groups were born or grew up. The documentary tells the story of the police raid of the stonewall inn in june 1969 that lead to riots. Jun 12, 2010 stonewall uprising is the new documentary which will open at film forum on june 16 and run through june 29. The stonewall riots are widely considered to be the start of the lgbt rights movement in the united states.
June 16th, 2010 not yet rated 1 hr 22 min plot summary. In astounding detail, stonewall uprising recalls the nowfamous threeday riots in june 1969 after a police raid on the stonewall inn, a popular greenwich village gay bar, as homosexuals. German translation of stonewall the official collins englishgerman dictionary online. The society for human rights was a gay rights organization established in. Ed koch, mayor of new york city from 1978 to 1989, discusses gay civil rights in new york in the. They codirected stonewall uprising 2010, the first nonfiction film to tell the story of the stonewall riots by the participants. Its hard to escape the conclusion that the birth of gay rights occurred at 6th avenue and 8th street that night at the stonewall. The stonewall riots also referred to as the stonewall uprising or the stonewall rebellion were a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations by members of the gay lgbt community against a police raid that began in the early morning hours of june 28, 1969, at the stonewall inn in the greenwich village neighborhood of manhattan, new york city. Aug 11, 2010 veteran filmmakers kate davis and david heilbroner adolescent addict, jockey explore the dramatic event that launched a worldwide rights movement. Stonewall uprising is one documentary that will enjoy a long afterlife and will appear regularly on public tv stations across the land.
People who were involved in the riots are interviewedgay men, lesbians and even a police officer. Watch stonewall uprising american experience official site pbs. For example, it was not until i watched a video called making boys in the band that i learned that the funeral of judy garland was the day that stonewall riot took place. In june 1969, a police raid on new yorks stonewall inn sparks a threeday riot that leads to the gayrights movement. With paul bosche, alfredo del rio, john digiacomo, dana gaiser. What propels stonewall uprising above most historical documentaries is not so much the narrative which gives an excellent blowbyblow description from participants on both sides but the inclusion of the historical context. The stonewall riots marked a major turning point in the modern gay civil rights. Jun 25, 2010 georgia native david carter is the author of stonewall. After watching the video, have students turn and talk with someone sitting next to them to share their initial thoughts with each other. Davis and heilbroner lean a bit too hard on the most outrageous forms of abuse in the prestonewall era, as opposed to the everyday traumas of living in the closet, but stonewall uprising picks up momentum once it starts detailing the event itself, drawing on the vivid memories of the people who lived it.
Stonewall riots, also called stonewall uprising, series of violent confrontations that began in the early hours of june 28, 1969, between police and gay rights activists outside the stonewall inn, a gay bar in the greenwich village section of new york city. Trailer stonewall uprising american experience pbs. In the early morning hours of june 28, 1969, police raided the stonewall inn, a. German translation of stonewall collins englishgerman. The riots at the stonewall inn, which began in reaction to a police raid in the early morning of june 28, 1969, are generally credited with launching. Jun 16, 2010 directed by kate davis, david heilbroner. The solid documentary stonewall uprising doesnt have much footage from the event itselfonly some photographs and film clips of the chaotic street scenebut directors kate davis and david heilbroner unite several of the key players and provide stark contrast between the world before and after stonewall.
In 1969, a series of riots over police action against the stonewall inn, a gay bar in new york citys greenwich village, changed the longtime landscape of the homosexual in society literally overnight. In the early morning hours of june 28, 1969 police raided the stonewall inn, a popular gay bar in the greenwich village section of new york city. Stonewall uprising is an important film and a valuable document, but also an entertaining and vibrant look at a powerful moment in our recent history. Kate davis and david heilbroner have been producing awardwinning documentaries for 15 years. Although there was a pretty good drama stonewall that came out 15years ago, its great that a proper documentary finally got these stories on tape to. Images from the stonewall uprisings final night the new. The riots that sparked the gay revolution, the meticulously researched 2004 book on which the film stonewall uprising is based. The stonewall riots marked a major turning point in the modern gay civil rights movement in the united states and around the world. About the stonewall riots and the people involved the. The directors score a coup in getting testimony from the police officer who led the raid. In the early morning hours of june 28, 1969, police raided the stonewall inn, a popular gay bar in the greenwich village section of new york city. Stonewall uprising explores the dramatic event that launched a worldwide rights movement. In the early hours of june 28, 1969, a police raid of the stonewall inn exploded into a riot when patrons of the lgbt bar resisted arrest and clashed with police.
Download pdf stonewall the riots that sparked the gay. When police raided a mafiarun gay bar in greenwich village, the stonewall inn on june 28, 1969, gay men and women did something they had not done before. Everything you need to know about stonewall uprising movie. Jun 01, 2016 prior to the stonewall riots, the gay community in the united states was not unrepresented. Jun 01, 2009 the stonewall uprising that began 40 years ago this month in greenwich village has come to be seen as a defining event in the development of the gay rights movement, but little visual evidence has survived from the six nights of the disturbances, in which gay men fought back against a pattern of police harassment. Stonewalls legacy today while the political and communal effects of the stonewall riots are real enough, what actually occurred in those early morning hours has become the stuff of legend.
Kate davis and david heilbroners new documentary stonewall uprising does several thing skillfully, but its greatest value may be the deftness with which it contextualizes the social and cultural temperature of the time. Thus a movement was born and steps toward equality were and still are being taken. Fifty years later, the fight for equalityand the freedom to exist as ourselvescontinues. The society for human rights was a gay rights organization established in chicago in 1924. Stonewall uprising 2010 starring william eskridge and seymour pine on dvd and bluray. Stonewall uprising is a 2010 american documentary film examining the events surrounding the stonewall riots that began during the early hours of june 28, 1969. Stonewall uprising made its theatrical debut on june 16, 2010, at the film forum in new york city. Although there had been earlier resistances and protests against gay oppression and gay bar raids by the police, none produced the wide spread political awareness and sense of self worth that resulted in gay pride, struggle and extent of liberation that was produced by the stonewall riots. Georgia native david carter is the author of stonewall. On june 28, 1969, gay men in new york decided theyd had enough police harassment and made an unexpected stand at the stonewall inn. He holds an ma in cultural reporting and criticism from nyu. For seven years i had an apartment on christopher st. The stonewall riots marked a major turning point in the modern gay civil. Pdf this article examines why the stonewall riots became central to gay collective.