before stonewall documentary transcript

And as I'm looking around to see what's going on, police cars, different things happening, it's getting bigger by the minute. Suzanne Poli Mafia house beer? We assembled on Christopher Street at 6th Avenue, to march. Narrated by Rita Mae Brownan acclaimed writer whose 1973 novel Rubyfruit Jungle is a seminal lesbian text, but who is possessed of a painfully grating voiceBefore Stonewall includes vintage news footage that makes it clear that gay men and women lived full, if often difficult, lives long before their personal ambitions (however modest) Jerry Hoose:Gay people who had good jobs, who had everything in life to lose, were starting to join in. I was proud. Because its all right in the Village, but the minute we cross 14th street, if there's only ten of us, God knows what's going to happen to us.". Well, it was a nightmare for the lesbian or gay man who was arrested and caught up in this juggernaut, but it was also a nightmare for the lesbians or gay men who lived in the closet. It was a 100% profit, I mean they were stealing the liquor, then watering it down, and they charging twice as much as they charged one door away at the 55. The idea was to be there first. John O'Brien:Whenever you see the cops, you would run away from them. Before Stonewall - Trailer BuskFilms 12.6K subscribers Subscribe 14K views 10 years ago Watch the full film here (UK & IRE only): http://buskfilms.com/films/before-sto. Richard Enman (Archival):Well, let me say, first of all, what type of laws we are not after, because there has been much to-do that the Society was in favor of the legalization of marriage between homosexuals, and the adoption of children, and such as that, and that is not at all factual at all. Before Stonewall - Trailer - YouTube To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Stonewall riots in New York City, activists rode their motorcycles during the city's 1989 gay-pride parade. I met this guy and I broke down crying in his arms. They'd go into the bathroom or any place that was private, that they could either feel them, or check them visually. This produced an enormous amount of anger within the lesbian and gay community in New York City and in other parts of America. I was a man. Gay bars were to gay people what churches were to blacks in the South. How do you think that would affect him mentally, for the rest of their lives if they saw an act like that being? They would not always just arrest, they would many times use clubs and beat. Martin Boyce:And then more police came, and it didn't stop. Dick Leitsch:So it was mostly goofing really, basically goofing on them. And that, that was a very haunting issue for me. I never believed in that. Somebody grabbed me by the leg and told me I wasn't going anywhere. Then during lunch, Ralph showed him some pornographic pictures. And so we had to create these spaces, mostly in the trucks. Raymond Castro:New York City subways, parks, public bathrooms, you name it. Susan Liberti Virginia Apuzzo: I grew up with that. "You could have got us in a lot of trouble, you could have got us closed up." Doug Cramer It was as if an artist had arranged it, it was beautiful, it was like mica, it was like the streets we fought on were strewn with diamonds. A Q-Ball Productions film for AMERICAN EXPERIENCE And, it was, I knew I would go through hell, I would go through fire for that experience. Few photographs of the raid and the riots that followed exist. And all of a sudden, pandemonium broke loose. Dr. Socarides (Archival):Homosexuality is in fact a mental illness which has reached epidemiological proportions. This was the first time I could actually sense, not only see them fearful, I could sense them fearful. Before Stonewall, the activists wanted to fit into society and not rock the boat. John O'Brien:And deep down I believed because I was gay and couldn't speak out for my rights, was probably one of the reasons that I was so active in the Civil Rights Movement. Some of the pre-Stonewall uprisings included: Black Cat Raid, Los Angeles, California, 1967 Black Night Brawl, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, August 5, 1961. Dan Bodner [1] To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots in 2019, the film was restored and re-released by First Run Features in June 2019. Martin Boyce:You could be beaten, you could have your head smashed in a men's room because you were looking the wrong way. And when she grabbed that everybody knew she couldn't do it alone so all the other queens, Congo Woman, queens like that started and they were hitting that door. (Enter your ZIP code for information on American Experience events and screening in your area.). Dick Leitsch:And so the cops came with these buses, like five buses, and they all were full of tactical police force. You were alone. And then there were all these priests ranting in church about certain places not to go, so you kind of knew where you could go by what you were told not to do. Before Stonewall | The New York Public Library Slate:Perversion for Profit(1965), Citizens for Decency Through Law. John O'Brien:Heterosexuals, legally, had lots of sexual outlets. In a spontaneous show of support and frustration, the citys gay community rioted for three nights in the streets, an event that is considered the birth of the modern Gay Rights Movement. It is usually after the day at the beach that the real crime occurs. People cheer while standing in front of The Stonewall Inn as the annual Gay Pride parade passes, Sunday, June 26, 2011 in New York. Gay people were never supposed to be threats to police officers. And I hadn't had enough sleep, so I was in a somewhat feverish state, and I thought, "We have to do something, we have to do something," and I thought, "We have to have a protest march of our own." Martin Boyce:In the early 60s, if you would go near Port Authority, there were tons of people coming in. Eric Marcus, Recreation Still Photography Marcus spoke with NPR's Ari Shapiro about his conversations with leaders of the gay-rights movement, as well as people who were at Stonewall when the riots broke out. Martin Boyce:For me, there was no bar like the Stonewall, because the Stonewall was like the watering hole on the savannah. It meant nothing to us. And they wore dark police uniforms and riot helmets and they had billy clubs and they had big plastic shields, like Roman army, and they actually formed a phalanx, and just marched down Christopher Street and kind of pushed us in front of them. Martin Boyce:Mind you socks didn't count, so it was underwear, and undershirt, now the next thing was going to ruin the outfit. William Eskridge, Professor of Law:Ed Koch who was a democratic party leader in the Greenwich Village area, was a specific leader of the local forces seeking to clean up the streets. Finally, Mayor Lindsay listened to us and he announced that there would be no more police entrapment in New York City. John O'Brien:All of a sudden, the police faced something they had never seen before. View in iTunes. Interviewer (Archival):What type of laws are you after? Martin Boyce:I had cousins, ten years older than me, and they had a car sometimes. Trevor, Post Production Ed Koch, mayorof New York City from1978 to 1989, discussesgay civil rights in New York in the 1960s. One time, a bunch of us ran into somebody's car and locked the door and they smashed the windows in. In addition to interviews with activists and scholars, the film includes the reflections of renowned writer Allen Ginsberg. Remember everything. Every arrest and prosecution is a step in the education of the public to the solution of the problem. Raymond Castro:We were in the back of the room, and the lights went on, so everybody stopped what they were doing, because now the police started coming in, raiding the bar. Doric Wilson:When I was very young, one of the terms for gay people was twilight people, meaning that we never came out until twilight, 'til it got dark. I mean I'm only 19 and this'll ruin me. On this episode, the fight for gay rights before Stonewall. Dr. Socarides (Archival):I think the whole idea of saying "the happy homosexual" is to, uh, to create a mythology about the nature of homosexuality. Where did you buy it? Martin Boyce:Oh, Miss New Orleans, she wouldn't be stopped. The Stonewall riots inspired gay Americans to fight for their rights. Before Stonewall pries open the closet door, setting free dramatic stories from the early 1900's onwards of public and private existence as experienced by LGBT Americans. Chris Mara [00:00:55] Oh, my God. [7] In 1987, the film won Emmy Awards for Best Historical/Cultural Program and Best Research. The cops would hide behind the walls of the urinals. Narrator (Archival):Note how Albert delicately pats his hair, and adjusts his collar. Stonewall Forever is a documentary from NYC's LGBT Community Center directed by Ro Haber. Before Stonewall : Throughline : NPR Jerry Hoose:Who was gonna complain about a crackdown against gay people? But as visibility increased, the reactions of people increased. And a whole bunch of people who were in the paddy wagon ran out. They were supposed to be weak men, limp-wristed. We didn't necessarily know where we were going yet, you know, what organizations we were going to be or how things would go, but we became something I, as a person, could all of a sudden grab onto, that I couldn't grab onto when I'd go to a subway T-room as a kid, or a 42nd street movie theater, you know, or being picked up by some dirty old man. hide caption. Sophie Cabott Black Jerry Hoose:The open gay people that hung out on the streets were basically the have-nothing-to-lose types, which I was. They didn't know what they were walking into. Detective John Sorenson, Dade County Morals & Juvenile Squad (Archival):There may be some in this auditorium. That's what happened on June 28, but as people were released, the night took an unusual turn when protesters and police clashed. Tommy Lanigan-Schmidt:The Stonewall pulled in everyone from every part of gay life. That was our world, that block. Mike Nuget Noah Goldman It said the most dreadful things, it said nothing about being a person. This documentary uses extensive archival film, movie clips and personal recollections to construct an audiovisual history of the gay community before the Stonewall riots. And so Howard said, "We've got police press passes upstairs." They pushed everybody like to the back room and slowly asking for IDs. Virginia Apuzzo:What we felt in isolation was a growing sense of outrage and fury particularly because we looked around and saw so many avenues of rebellion. And some people came out, being very dramatic, throwing their arms up in a V, you know, the victory sign. Martha Shelley:Before Stonewall, the homophile movement was essentially the Mattachine Society and Daughters of Bilitis and all of these other little gay organizations, some of which were just two people and a mimeograph machine. Other images in this film are John O'Brien:Cops got hurt. There was the Hippie movement, there was the Summer of Love, Martin Luther King, and all of these affected me terribly. The Underground Lounge The ones that came close you could see their faces in rage. Martin Boyce:There were these two black, like, banjee guys, and they were saying, "What's goin' on man?" Lilli M. Vincenz In the trucks or around the trucks. Somehow being gay was the most terrible thing you could possibly be. Before Stonewall (1984) - Plot Summary - IMDb I was in the Navy when I was 17 and it was there that I discovered that I was gay. So I got into the subway, and on the car was somebody I recognized and he said, "I've never been so scared in my life," and I said, "Well, please let there be more than ten of us, just please let there be more than ten of us. Abstract.

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