[7] In 1987, the film won Emmy Awards for Best Historical/Cultural Program and Best Research. John O'Brien:And deep down I believed because I was gay and couldn't speak out for my rights, was probably one of the reasons that I was so active in the Civil Rights Movement. We assembled on Christopher Street at 6th Avenue, to march. William Eskridge, Professor of Law:The Stonewall riots came at a central point in history. Slate:In 1969, homosexual acts were illegal in every state except Illinois. It was a down at a heels kind of place, it was a lot of street kids and things like that. Slate:Perversion for Profit(1965), Citizens for Decency Through Law. There were gay bars in Midtown, there were gay bars uptown, there were certain kinds of gay bars on the Upper East Side, you know really, really, really buttoned-up straight gay bars. This, to a homosexual, is no choice at all. I never saw so many gay people dancing in my life. Gay people were never supposed to be threats to police officers. Joe DeCola But the . And Dick Leitsch, who was the head of the Mattachine Society said, "Who's in favor?" You know, all of a sudden, I had brothers and sisters, you know, which I didn't have before. Martin Boyce:You could be beaten, you could have your head smashed in a men's room because you were looking the wrong way. Dana Kirchoff So gay people were being strangled, shot, thrown in the river, blackmailed, fired from jobs. In 1969 it was common for police officers to rough up a gay bar and ask for payoffs. Raymond Castro:Incendiary devices were being thrown in I don't think they were Molotov cocktails, but it was just fire being thrown in when the doors got open. And some people came out, being very dramatic, throwing their arms up in a V, you know, the victory sign. I wanted to kill those cops for the anger I had in me. It is usually after the day at the beach that the real crime occurs. Maureen Jordan The scenes were photographed with telescopic lenses. Before Stonewall. I say, I cannot tell this without tearing up. We were thinking about survival. She was awarded the first ever Emmy Award for Research for her groundbreaking work on Before Stonewall. It meant nothing to us. David Carter Tires were slashed on police cars and it just went on all night long. Jerry Hoose:And I got to the corner of Sixth Avenue and Eighth Street, crossed the street and there I had found Nirvana. Before Stonewall was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 1985 Sundance Film Festival. 1984 documentary film by Greta Schiller and Robert Rosenberg, "Berlinale 2016: Panorama Celebrates Teddy Award's 30th Anniversary and Announces First Titles in Programme", "Guest Post: What I Learned From Revisiting My 1984 Documentary 'Before Stonewall', "See the 25 New Additions to the National Film Registry, From Purple Rain to Clerks", "Complete National Film Registry Listing", "Before Stonewall - Independent Historical Film", Before Stonewall: The Making of a Gay and Lesbian Community (Newly Restored), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Before_Stonewall&oldid=1134540821, Documentary films about United States history, Historiography of LGBT in the United States, United States National Film Registry films, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 19 January 2023, at 05:30. 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. It's like, this is not right. Andy Frielingsdorf, Reenactment Actors Marc Aubin Frank Kameny, co-founder of the Mattachine Society, and Shirley Willer, president of the Daughters of Bilitis, spoke to Marcus about being gay before the Stonewall riots happened and what motivated people who were involved in the movement. Tweet at us @throughlineNPR, send us an email, or leave us a voicemail at (872) 588-8805.
Why 'Before Stonewall' Was Such a Hard Movie to Make - The Atlantic The Catholic Church, be damned to hell. And a couple of 'em had pulled out their guns. You cut one head off.
Before Stonewall: The Making of a Gay and Lesbian Community Barak Goodman So in every gay pride parade every year, Stonewall lives. Lucian Truscott, IV, Reporter,The Village Voice:This was the Rosa Parks moment, the time that gay people stood up and said no. And that crowd between Howard Johnson's and Mama's Chik-n-Rib was like the basic crowd of the gay community at that time in the Village. And as awful as people might think that sounds, it's the way history has always worked. When we got dressed for that night, we had cocktails and we put the makeup on. And as I'm looking around to see what's going on, police cars, different things happening, it's getting bigger by the minute. This was a highly unusual raid, going in there in the middle of the night with a full crowd, the Mafia hasn't been alerted, the Sixth Precinct hasn't been alerted. And I ran into Howard Smith on the street,The Village Voicewas right there. New York City's Stonewall Inn is regarded by many as the site of gay and lesbian liberation since it was at this bar that drag queens fought back against police June 27-28, 1969. I grew up in a very Catholic household and the conflict of issues of redemption, of is it possible that if you are this thing called homosexual, is it possible to be redeemed? We were scared. Also, through this fight, the "LGBT" was born. Tommy Lanigan-Schmidt:The Stonewall pulled in everyone from every part of gay life.
Stonewall: A riot that changed millions of lives - BBC News They were to us. Tom Caruso So I run down there. It was as if an artist had arranged it, it was beautiful, it was like mica, it was like the streets we fought on were strewn with diamonds. My father said, "About time you fags rioted.". And it just seemed like, fantastic because the background was this industrial, becoming an industrial ruin, it was a masculine setting, it was a whole world. People could take shots at us. Lynn and Louis Wolfson II Florida Moving Image Archives And the people coming out weren't going along with it so easily. And Howard said, "Boy there's like a riot gonna happen here," and I said, "yeah." We did use humor to cover pain, frustration, anger. The events that took place in June 1969 have been described as the birth of the gay-rights movement, but that's only partially true. With this outpouring of courage and unity the gay liberation movement had begun. And I hadn't had enough sleep, so I was in a somewhat feverish state, and I thought, "We have to do something, we have to do something," and I thought, "We have to have a protest march of our own." Transcript Aired June 9, 2020 Stonewall Uprising The Year That Changed America Film Description When police raided the Stonewall Inn, a popular gay bar in the Greenwich Village section of. And the first gay power demonstration to my knowledge was against my story inThe Village Voiceon Wednesday. Ed Koch, Councilman, New York City:Yes, entrapment did exist, particularly in the subway system, in the bathrooms. Seymour Pine, Deputy Inspector, Morals Division, NYPD:We had maybe six people and by this time there were several thousand outside. You had no place to try to find an identity. Pennebaker courtesy of Pennebaker Hegedus Films Leaflets in the 60s were like the internet, today. Ed Koch, mayorof New York City from1978 to 1989, discussesgay civil rights in New York in the 1960s. Danny Garvin:People were screaming "pig," "copper." It was a real good sound to know that, you know, you had a lot of people out there pulling for you. Lucian Truscott, IV, Reporter,The Village Voice:What they did in the Stonewall that night. When you exit, have some identification and it'll be over in a short time." David Carter, Author ofStonewall:There was also vigilantism, people were using walkie-talkies to coordinate attacks on gay men. Tommy Lanigan-Schmidt:The police would zero in on us because sometimes they would be in plain clothes, and sometimes they would even entrap. Howard Smith, Reporter,The Village Voice:And I keep listening and listening and listening, hoping I'm gonna hear sirens any minute and I was very freaked. In an effort to avoid being anachronistic . I mean I'm talking like sardines. And the Stonewall was part of that system. 400 Plankinton Ave. Compton's Cafeteria Raid, San Francisco, California, 1966 Coopers Do-Nut Raid, Los Angeles, California, 1959 Pepper Hill Club Raid, Baltimore, Maryland in 1955. Narrated by Rita Mae Brownan acclaimed writer whose 1973 novel Rubyfruit Jungle is a seminal lesbian text, but who is possessed of a painfully grating voiceBefore Stonewall includes vintage news footage that makes it clear that gay men and women lived full, if often difficult, lives long before their personal ambitions (however modest) As kids, we played King Kong. John van Hoesen Oddball Film + Video, San Francisco But as visibility increased, the reactions of people increased. First Run Features Is that conceivable? I had never seen anything like that. They would bang on the trucks. Oh, tell me about your anxiety. There may be some here today that will be homosexual in the future. Jerry Hoose Newly restored for the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, Before Stonewall pries open the . Jay Fialkov Liz Davis This documentary uses extensive archival film, movie clips . Seymour Pine, Deputy Inspector, Morals Division, NYPD:Well, I had to act like I wasn't nervous. Chris Mara And you will be caught, don't think you won't be caught, because this is one thing you cannot get away with. The documentary shows how homosexual people enjoyed and shared with each other. From left: "Before Stonewall" director Greta Schiller, executive producer John Scagliotti and co-director Robert Rosenberg in 1985. We were winning. Director . This was in front of the police. Danny Garvin:There was more anger and more fight the second night. Evan Eames Here are my ID cards, you knew they were phonies. We could easily be hunted, that was a game. That night, we printed a box, we had 5,000. Tommy Lanigan-Schmidt:As much as I don't like to say it, there's a place for violence. Lilli M. Vincenz Because if you don't have extremes, you don't get any moderation. The events. In 1924, the first gay rights organization is founded by Henry Gerber in Chicago. Stacker put together a timeline of LGBTQ+ history leading up to Stonewall, beginning with prehistoric events and ending in the late 1960s. They put some people on the street right in front ofThe Village Voiceprotesting the use of the word fag in my story. And the police escalated their crackdown on bars because of the reelection campaign. On this episode, the fight for gay rights before Stonewall. But that's only partially true. Once it started, once that genie was out of the bottle, it was never going to go back in. That's what gave oxygen to the fire. Howard Smith, Reporter,The Village Voice:I had a column inThe Village Voicethat ran from '66 all the way through '84. Narrator (Archival):We arrested homosexuals who committed their lewd acts in public places. William Eskridge, Professor of Law:The federal government would fire you, school boards would fire you. Martin Boyce:I had cousins, ten years older than me, and they had a car sometimes. Fred Sargeant:When it was clear that things were definitely over for the evening, we decided we needed to do something more. John O'Brien:Cops got hurt. New York City's Stonewall Inn is regarded by many as the site of gay and lesbian liberation since it was at this bar that drag queens fought back against police June 27-28, 1969.
Before Stonewall - Trailer - YouTube And there was like this tension in the air and it just like built and built. Interviewer (Archival):What type of laws are you after? Directors Greta Schiller Robert Rosenberg (co-director) Stars Rita Mae Brown Maua Adele Ajanaku The New York State Liquor Authority refused to issue liquor licenses to many gay bars, and several popular establishments had licenses suspended or revoked for "indecent conduct.". Clever. Suzanne Poli America thought we were these homosexual monsters and we were so innocent, and oddly enough, we were so American. Doing things like that. Gay people were told we didn't have any of that. Eric Marcus, Recreation Still Photography Tommy Lanigan-Schmidt:We would scatter, ka-poom, every which way. It was a 100% profit, I mean they were stealing the liquor, then watering it down, and they charging twice as much as they charged one door away at the 55. It was as bad as any situation that I had met in during the army, had just as much to worry about. "We're not going.". Ed Koch, Councilman, New York City:There were complaints from people who objected to the wrongful behavior of some gays who would have sex on the street. Even non-gay people. Danny Garvin:And the cops just charged them. Her most recent film, Bones of Contention, premiered in the 2016 Berlin International I was celebrating my birthday at the Stonewall. Tommy Lanigan-Schmidt:What was so good about the Stonewall was that you could dance slow there. Raymond Castro:There were mesh garbage cans being lit up on fire and being thrown at the police. I was never seduced by an older person or anything like that. It was nonsense, it was nonsense, it was all the people there, that were reacting and opposing what was occurring. What Jimmy didn't know is that Ralph was sick. It's a history that people feel a huge sense of ownership over. National History Archive, LGBT Community Center It was tremendous freedom. Fred Sargeant:The tactical patrol force on the second night came in even larger numbers, and were much more brutal. I'm losing everything that I have. Howard Smith, Reporter,The Village Voice:And by the time the police would come back towards Stonewall, that crowd had gone all the around Washington Place come all the way back around and were back pushing in on them from the other direction and the police would wonder, "These are the same people or different people?".
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