STONEWALL UPRISING / One Hit Wonders!
Part of our ONE HIT WONDERS series showcasing great new releases at special one-night-only screenings!
Wednesday, September 8th at 7:30 p.m.
Regular admission prices
**A portion of the proceeds from this screening will benefit TUCSON PRIDE**
PLUS! The infamous 1961 educational short BOYS BEWARE! (featured in Stonewall Uprising), a ridiculously misguided attempt to warn young boys about the dangers of homosexuality!
"GRIPPING ... Fresh and fascinating! When the (riot) happens we feel its necessity in our bones." - Owen Gleiberman, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
"CRITICS PICK! This riveting, powerful documentary packs quite a punch." - Miranda Siegel, NEW YORK MAGAZINE
"ASTOUNDING ... STARTLING! The sense of elation can still be felt." - Ronnie Scheib, VARIETY
"CRITICS PICK! The most thorough exploration...of what came to be known as gay pride." - Stephen Holden, NEW YORK TIMES
"On June 28, 1969, everything changed."
“It was the Rosa Parks moment,” says one man. June 28, 1969: NYC police raid a Greenwich Village Mafia-run gay bar, The Stonewall Inn. For the first time, patrons refuse to be led into paddy wagons, setting off a 3-day riot that launches the Gay Rights Movement. Told by Stonewall patrons, Village Voice reporters and the cop who led the raid, STONEWALL UPRISING compellingly recalls the bad old days when psychoanalysts equated homosexuality with mental illness and advised aversion therapy, and even lobotomies; public service announcements warned youngsters against predatory homosexuals; and police entrapment was rampant. A treasure-trove of archival footage gives life to this all-too-recent reality, a time when Mike Wallace announced on a 1966 CBS Reports: “The average homosexual, if there be such, is promiscuous. He is not interested in, nor capable of, a lasting relationship like that of a heterosexual marriage.” At the height of this oppression, the cops raid Stonewall, triggering nights of pandemonium with tear gas, billy clubs and a small army of tactical police. The rest is history.
VISIT THE OFFICIAL MOVIE WEBSITE:
http://firstrunfeatures.com/stonewalluprising.html
Read an interview with the movie's co-directors:
http://www.popten.net/2010/06/interview-with-the-directors-of-stonewall-...
Visit the TUCSON PRIDE website:
https://www.tucsonpride.org/