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Title Arena. Stonewall / BBC Films and Arena NY present ; a film by Nigel Finch ; producer, Christine Vachon ; written by Rikki Beadle-Blair ; director, Nigel Finch
Published London, England : BBC Worldwide, 1995

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Description 1 online resource (93 minutes)
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
Notes Title from title screen (viewed January 06, 2022)
Cast 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 In English
L.A. Outfest 1996 - Winner
London Film Festival 1995 - Winner
San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival 1996 - Winner
Subject Stonewall Riots, New York, N.Y., 1969 -- Drama
Gay liberation movement -- United States -- Drama
Sexual minorities -- United States -- Drama
Gay liberation movement
Sexual minorities
LGBTQ+ people
LGBTQ+ films
SUBJECT Greenwich Village (New York, N.Y.) -- Drama
Subject New York (State) -- New York
New York (State) -- New York -- Greenwich Village
United States
Genre/Form Drama
Fiction films
Fiction films.
Films de fiction.
Form Streaming video
Author Finch, Nigel, 1949-1995, director.
Vachon, Christine, producer
BBC Films, presenter.
Arena NY (Firm), presenter.