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Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria

2005 • 0h57m Documentary

Rating

3.6/10

Popularity

1

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.

Details

Director

Victor Silverman

Susan Stryker

Screenplay

Victor Silverman

Susan Stryker

Cast

Susan Stryker

Aleshia Brevard

Tamara Ching

Release date

6/18/2005

Status

Released

Origin country

US

Vote count

5