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Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria

2005-06-18
4.2
en 57m
Documentary
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.

Director of Photography

Sophie E. Constantinou

Music

Heikki Koskinen

Director

Victor Silverman

Director

Susan Stryker

Writer

Victor Silverman

Writer

Susan Stryker

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Status

Released

Countries

  • United States of America

Companies

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