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Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria (2005)

Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria (2005)

Documentary
Release Date: 2005, June 18
Directors: Susan Stryker, Victor Silverman
Countries: United States of America
Cast: Susan Stryker, Aleshia Brevard, Tamara Ching, Felicia Elizondo, Amanda St. Jaymes, Suzan Cooke, Ed Hansen

Overview:

The first major uprising against police brutality, harassment, and societal oppression was not at Stonewall in 1969, but at Compton's Cafeteria in San Francisco three years earlier. Those who stood up were trans women and gay men. Now, nearly 40 years on, Susan Stryker and Victor Silverman tell the story of this oft-overlooked event in the history of American civil rights.

Keywords:

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