Praised as the finest documentary series on television, american experience presents the stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world. Pride month vermont pbs offers these featured programs in celebration of lgbt pride month. They were violent confrontations between the police and gay new yorkers in the summer of 1969. Pride month watch vermont pbs shows pbs kids vt pbs. Download filmmakers kate davis and david heilbroner talk with emmy winner charlotte robinson host of outtake voices about their documentary stonewall uprising that will broadcast on pbs s american experience on tuesday june 11th at 9p. The life and death of sandra bland premiered at the tribeca film festival, broadcasted on hbo and won the naacp image award for outstanding television documentary. Stonewall uprising stonewall riots lgbt seniors lgbt. The basis of the pbs american experience documentary stonewall uprising. Carters book was the basis for the pbs american experience film stonewall uprising, which won a peabody award. A 1969 account of the stonewall uprising the atlantic. David carter, chronicler of the stonewall uprising, has died.
This film tells the story of the massive police raid of stonewall in june 1969. Stonewall uprising documentary police raided the stonewall inn, a popular gay bar in the greenwich village section of new york city. Explore what happened when police raided the stonewall inn, a gay bar in new york city on june 28, 1969. With paul bosche, alfredo del rio, john digiacomo, dana gaiser. Stonewall uprising american experience programs pbs. Watch stonewall uprising american experience official site pbs. Johnson and sylvia rivera as important part of the stonewall uprising movement.
Filmmakers talk stonewall uprising pbs documentary audio. Aug 11, 2010 veteran filmmakers kate davis and david heilbroner adolescent addict, jockey explore the dramatic event that launched a worldwide rights movement. When police raided a mafiarun gay bar in greenwich village, the stonewall inn on june 28, 1969, gay men and women did something they. Jun 11, 2019 stonewall uprising will broadcast on pbss american experience on tuesday june 11th at 9p and streaming. Stonewall uprising american experience m onday, june 8 at 8. Central and mountain in most markets, but you should check local listings. This short 25minute documentary was created by friends of riverausing. Jun 28, 2019 honor the 50th anniversary of the stonewall uprising with a viewing of the pbs film that examines the beginning of the gay rights movement.
Stonewall uprising made its theatrical debut on june 16, 2010, at the film forum in new york city. Trailer stonewall uprising american experience pbs. The stonewall riots also referred to as the stonewall uprising or the stonewall rebellion were a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations by members of the gay lgbt community against a police raid that began in the early morning hours of june 28, 1969, at the stonewall inn in the greenwich village neighborhood of manhattan, new york city. As the riots progressed, an international gay rights movement was born. Told by stonewall patrons, reporters and the cop who led the raid, stonewall uprising recalls the bad old days. Share some or all of the background information on the stonewall.
Chapter 1 stonewall uprising american experience pbs. When police raided the stonewall inn, a popular gay bar in the greenwich village section of new york city on june 28, 1969, the street erupted. What propels stonewall uprising above most historical documentaries is not so much the narrative which gives an excellent blowbyblow description from participants on both sides but the inclusion of the historical context. Such raids were not unusual in the late 1960s, an era when homosexual sex was illegal in every state but illinois.
Stonewall uprising dvd, stonewall uprising explores the dramatic event that launched a worldwide rights movement. This featurelength documentary explores the dramatic event that launched a worldwide rights movement. Told by those who took part, from drag queens and street hustlers to police detectives, journalists and a former mayor of new york, and featuring a rich trove of archival footage, this film revisits a time when homosexual acts were illegal throughout america, and homosexuality itself was seen as. The stonewall riots, as they came to be known, marked the state of the modern gay rights movement in the us and around the world. For the first time, patrons refuse to be led into paddy wagons, setting off a 3day riot that launches the. Stonewall uprising explores the dramatic event that launched a worldwide rights movement. Ed koch, mayor of new york city from 1978 to 1989, discusses gay civil rights in new york in the. Closely following the interviewbased book by david carter, stonewall, the riots that sparked the gay revolution 2004, the documentary by. In the early morning hours of june 28, 1969 police raided the stonewall inn, a popular gay bar in the greenwich village section of new york city. Jun 16, 2010 directed by kate davis, david heilbroner. When police raided a mafiarun gay bar in greenwich village, the stonewall inn on june 28, 1969, gay men and women did. Lgbt video watch pbss american experience stonewall.
Stonewall uprising weaves interviews of gay bar patrons and the policeman who headed the moral squad and two village voice reporters who were at the riots. The streets erupted into violent protests that lasted for six days and marked a major. Stonewall uprising dvd av item,stonewall uprising explores the dramatic event that launched a worldwide rights movement. Nyc police raid a greenwich village mafiarun gay bar, the stonewall inn. Apr 25, 2011 directed by kate davis, david heilbroner. Based on the book by david carter, stonewall riots is produced by kate davis and davie heilbroner. David carter, who died last friday, is seen here in a photo from june 28, 2019, when he spoke at the national center for civil and human rights on the 50th anniversary of the stonewall uprising. Stonewall uprising, reflect on lgbtq rights and activism prior to and after. The new documentary stonewall uprising opening june 25. I had never heard of the stonewall revolt before watching this on pbs. This could have turned into a nightmare but the players kept the violence to a minimum and the gay community used their heads and broke out of the closets. It will also be shown at washington square park in nyc on june 26th at 8p during nycpride. Stonewall forever is a documentary from nycs lgbt community center directed by ro haber.
When police raided the stonewall inn, a popular gay bar in the greenwich village. This documentary draws upon eyewitness accounts and rare archival material to bring this pivotal event to life. With virginia apuzzo, martin boyce, david carter, raymond castro. This documentary, part of american experience 1988 series, examines the events leading up to what is now seen as the defining moment in the establishment of the gay rights movement in the united states. On june 28, 1969, new york city police raided a greenwich village mafiarun gay bar, the stonewall inn. Stonewall uprising dvd,stonewall uprising explores the dramatic event that launched a worldwide rights movement. The riots that sparked the gay revolution, kate davis and david heilbroners stonewall uprising will premiere on the pbs series american experience at 9 p. The film brings together voices from over 50 years of the lgbtq rights movement to explore queer activism before, during and after the stonewall riots. They are viewed today as the birth of the modern gay rights. In june, 1969, a typical nypd raid of the stonewall inn, a gay bar in new york city, had an unexpected result. But perhaps stonewall uprisings juxtaposition of the more recent fight for respectability and the earlier struggle for the right to be left alone depicts the ultimate american ambiguity. In 1969, a series of riots over police action against the stonewall inn, a gay bar in new york citys greenwich village, changed the longtime landscape of the homosexual in society literally overnight. Ppt the stonewall riots powerpoint presentation free to.
The theatrical documentary stonewall uprising makes its television debut tonight as a part of pbs american experience series. That night the street erupted into violent protests and street demonstrations that lasted for the next three days. National park service to have the site of the stonewall bar and surrounding streets designated as a national monument and a historic landmark. For the first time, patrons stood up against the authorities, setting off a threeday riot that launched the modern american gay rights movement. Veteran filmmakers kate davis and david heilbroner explore the dramatic event that took place on june 28, 1969 that launched a worldwide human rights movement.
Stonewall uprising will broadcast on pbss american experience on tuesday june 11th at 9p and streaming. This is the fourth season to feature david mccullough as the host. Stonewall uprising the stonewall riots marked a major turning point in the modern gay civil rights. Stonewall riots, also called stonewall uprising, series of violent confrontations that began in the early hours of june 28, 1969, between police and gay rights activists outside the stonewall inn, a gay bar in the greenwich village section of new york city. They are sometimes called the stonewall rebellion, or simply stonewall. Told by those who took part from drag queens and street hustlers to police detectives, journalists and a former mayor of new york and featuring a rich trove of archival footage, stonewall uprising revisits a time when homosexual acts were illegal throughout america, and homosexuality. The stonewall riots marked a major turning point in the modern gay civil rights movement. Season four of the television program american experience originally aired on the pbs network in the united states on september 30, 1991 and concluded on february 17, 1992. When police raided a mafiarun gay bar in greenwich village, the stonewall inn on june 28, 1969, gay men and women did something they had not done before. Stonewall uprising american experience pbs thirteen. This featurelength documentary explores the dramatic event that launched a worldwide.
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