Before Stonewall

Before Stonewall

Infobox Film
name = Before Stonewall


image_size =
caption = DVD cover
director = Greta Schiller
producer = Robert Rosenberg
John Scagliotti
Greta Schiller
writer =
narrator = Rita Mae Brown
starring =
music =
cinematography = Jan Kraepelin
Sandi Sissel
Cathy Zheutlin
editing = Bill Daughton
distributor = David Whitten
Frameline
released = June 27 1985 (USA)
runtime = 87 mins
country = United States
language = English
budget =
gross =
preceded_by =
followed_by = "After Stonewall"
website =
amg_id = 1:73744
imdb_id = 0088782

"Before Stonewall" ("Before Stonewall: The Making of a Gay and Lesbian Community ") is a 1984 historical documentary film about the LGBT community prior to the 1969 Stonewall riots. It was narrated by author Rita Mae Brown and directed by Greta Schiller. It premiered at the 1984 Toronto Film Festival and was released in the United States on June 27 1985. In 1999 Producer John Scagliotti directed his follow up, "After Stonewall".

People featured

*Ann Bannon
*Lisa Ben
*Gladys Bentley
*George Buse
*Carroll Davis
*Allen Ginsberg
*Barbara Gittings
*Barbara Grier
*Mabel Hampton
*Evelyn Hooker
*Jim Kepner
*Audre Lorde
*Bruce Nugent

Awards

"Before Stonewall" was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 1985 Sundance Film Festival.cite web
title =Awards for Before Stonewall
publisher =Internet Movie Database
url =http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088782/awards
accessdate =2007-11-16 ] It won the Best Film Award at the Houston International Film Festival, Best Documentary Feature at Los Angeles FILMEX, First Place at the National Educational Film Festival, and Honorable Mention at the Global Village Documentary Festival.cite web
title = Before Stonewall - Independent Historical Film
publisher = Jezebel Productions
url = http://www.jezebel.org/films/stonewall.html
accessdate =2008-02-09 ] In 1987, the film won Emmy Awards for Best Historical/Cultural Program and Best Research. In 1989, it won the Festival's Plate at the Torino International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival.

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