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Arena. Stonewall / BBC Films and Arena NY present ; a film by Nigel Finch ; producer, Christine Vachon ; written by Rikki Beadle-Blair ; director, Nigel Finch.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Stonewall Riots, New York, N.Y., 1969--Drama.
- Stonewall Riots, New York, N.Y., 1969.
- Gay liberation movement--United States--Drama.
- Gay liberation movement.
- Sexual minorities--United States--Drama.
- Sexual minorities.
- Stonewall riots.
- LGBTQ+ people.
- Greenwich Village (New York, N.Y.)--Drama.
- Greenwich Village (New York, N.Y.).
- Genre:
- Fiction films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (93 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- London, England : BBC Worldwide, 1995.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- America comes out of the closet in this exuberant musical comedy based on real events. Small-town hustler Matty takes a Greyhound to Greenwich Village in search of homosexual fulfilment. There, he falls in love with Puerto Rican drag queen LaMiranda, who introduces him to the Stonewall Inn, a popular gay bar owned by Skinny Vinnie. It's the summer of love - but not if you're gay. The NYPD make regular raids on the bar and Matty lands in jail, where he meets moderate gay activist Ethan. He gets another taste of police harassment on the night of June 27, but this time the enraged drag queens fight back. Led by Vinnie's lover Bustonia, a riot breaks out which lasts for three days and sparks the birth of the Gay Rights movement. To the music of The Shangri-Las, Patti LaBelle and Judy Garland, Stonewall mixes outrageous lip-synching with glitter, romance and attitude.
- Participant:
- Guillermo Diaz, Frederick Weller, Duane Boutté, Bruce MacVittie, Brendan Corbalis, Luis Guzman, Peter Ratray, Dwight Ewell, Matthew Faber, Michael McElroy, John Doman, Jose Zuniga.
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed January 06, 2022).
- Fictionalisation based on the book by Martin Duberman.
- L.A. Outfest 1996 - Winner
- London Film Festival 1995 - Winner
- San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival 1996 - Winner
- OCLC:
- 1296417951
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