Doc & Talk: Before Stonewall

Join us for a documentary and discussion series. Each film selection will be available for streaming on kanopy.com. View the film at your leisure anytime leading up to the online video discussion Thursday 6/17 at 7:00pm. 

Participants will receive a video link to their registered email address the day of the event, web video camera necessary for participation

This week we have partnered with DPL's LGBTQ Older Adult Services to discuss the acclaimed, topical and Library of Congress National Film Registry included 1984 film Before Stonewall.

"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 gay community. With this outpouring of courage and unity the Gay Liberation Movement had begun.

BEFORE STONEWALL pries open the closet door--setting free the dramatic story of the sometimes horrifying public and private existences experienced by gay and lesbian Americans since the 1920s. Revealing and often humorous, this widely acclaimed film relives the emotionally-charged sparking of today's gay rights movement, from the events that led to the fevered 1969 riots to many other milestones in the brave fight for acceptance.

Experience the fascinating and unforgettable, decade-by-decade history of homosexuality in America through eye-opening historical footage and amazing interviews with those who lived through an often brutal closeted history."

Narrated by Rita Mae Brown.

kanopy.com

Watch the film here:

https://denverlibrary.kanopy.com/video/stonewall