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7.8/10   173 votes
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Directors:
Greta Schiller
Robert Rosenberg (co-director)
Contact:
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Release Date:
27 June 1985 (USA) more
Genre:
Documentary | History more
Plot:
The history of the Gay and Lesbian community before the Stonewall riots began the major gay rights movement. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
A Landmark Documentary more (3 total)

Cast

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Rita Mae Brown ... Narrator
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Ann Bannon ... Herself
Lisa Ben ... Herself
Gladys Bentley ... Herself (voice)
George Buse ... Himself - newspaper reporter, former Army Chaplain
Carroll Davis ... Himself - performer
Allen Ginsberg ... Himself
Barbara Gittings ... Herself
Barbara Grier ... Herself - publisher
Mabel Hampton ... Herself - dancer, former domestic worker
Evelyn Hooker ... Herself (as Dr. Evelyn Hooker)
Jim Kepner ... Himself - gay archivist
Audre Lorde ... Herself
Bruce Nugent ... Himself - artist and writer (as Richard Bruce Nugent)
Henry Otis ... Himself - former dancer
Johnnie Phelps ... Herself - printer
Ted Rolfs ... Himself - retired Merchant Marine
Chuck Rowland ... Himself - stage producer
Donna Smith ... Herself - retired bookkeeper
Ricky Streiker ... Herself - bar owner
Hank Vilas ... Himself - therapist
Kenneth Anger ... Watches man flexing muscles (archive footage) (uncredited)
John Burnside ... Himself (uncredited)
Nigel De Brulier ... Jokaanan (archive footage) (uncredited)

Louis Dumar ... Tigellinus (archive footage) (uncredited)
Harry Hay ... Himself (uncredited)
James P. Johnson ... In Speakeasy (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mitchell Lewis ... Herod (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jimmy Mordecai ... In Speakeasy (archive footage) (uncredited)
Thomas Morris ... In Speakeasy (archive footage) (uncredited)

Alla Nazimova ... Salome (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bessie Smith ... Herself - standing at bar of speakeasy (archive footage) (uncredited)
Isabel Washington ... In Speakeasy (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Directed by
Greta Schiller 
Robert Rosenberg (co-director)
 
Produced by
Robert Rosenberg .... producer
John Scagliotti .... executive producer
Greta Schiller .... producer
 
Cinematography by
Jan Kraepelin 
Sandi Sissel 
Cathy Zheutlin 
 
Film Editing by
Bill Daughton 
 
Production Management
Katherine Grant-Bourne .... unit manager
Amy Kato .... unit manager
Pat Mei .... unit manager
Tina Schiller .... unit manager
 
Sound Department
Anne Marie Forte .... additional sound
Peter Friedman .... additional sound
Beni Matias .... additional sound
Roy Ramsing .... sound
Dean Sarjeant .... additional sound
Lori Seligman .... sound
J.T. Takagi .... sound (as J.T. Tagaki)
 
Visual Effects by
John Bauman .... opticals
Jauren Helf .... opticals
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Becky Butler .... assistant camera
Jeff Farber .... additional camera operator
Peter Friedman .... assistant camera
Debbie Sarjeant .... assistant camera (as Deborah Sarjeant)
Greta Schiller .... additional camera operator
 
Editorial Department
Damian Begley .... additional assistant editor
Peter Friedman .... assistant editor
Jeff Lunger .... additional assistant editor
Noëlle Penraat .... negative matcher
Jan Stott .... additional assistant editor
 
Other crew
Anne Alexander .... assistant to producer
Nan Allendorfer .... additional researcher
Zane Blaney .... additional researcher
Amy Chen .... production coordinator
Michelle Cliff .... historical consultant
Mindy Cohen .... assistant to producer
Blance Cook .... historical consultant
Hillary Dann .... archival research consultant
John D'Emilio .... historical consultant
Deborah Edel .... historical consultant
Neil Elliot .... additional researcher
Bruce Eves .... historical consultant
Jeff Goodman .... additional researcher
Chaudia Gorbman .... additional researcher
Erica Gottfried .... archival research consultant
Janie Groff .... additional researcher
John Hammond .... historical consultant
Larry Harne .... additional researcher
Jim Kepner .... historical consultant
Jeff Lunger .... assistant to producer
Toby Maretta .... historical consultant
Nancy Miller .... personal collections coordinator
Jean Nestle .... historical consultant
Carroll Oliver .... additional researcher
Judith Oney .... additional researcher
Julia Penelope .... historical consultant
Rosetta Reitz .... archival research consultant
Vito Russo .... archival research consultant
Judith Schwartz .... historical consultant
Paul Sergio .... additional researcher
Susan Sholji .... additional researcher
Elizabeth Stevens .... additional researcher
Christina Sunley .... assistant to producer
Jeff Tennyson .... head title design
Tom Waugh .... archival research consultant
Andrea Weiss .... archival research director
Andrea Weiss .... research director
Sande Zeig .... additional researcher
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Before Stonewall: The Making of a Gay and Lesbian Community
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Runtime:
87 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
UK:15
Company:
Before Stonewall Inc. more

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Movie Connections:
References Calamity Jane (1953) more
Soundtrack:
(I've Got a Gal in) Kalamazoo more

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12 out of 12 people found the following comment useful.
A Landmark Documentary, 5 November 2000
10/10
Author: citizen_cupid (cupid_in_hell@iname.com) from Ontario, Canada

I have lost count of the number of times I have seen this wonderful documentary. The archival material alone -- film clips and still photographs of gay life in America between 1900 and the '60s -- is enough to make this film a treasure; but it is the interviews with survivors of the pre-Stonewall era that make Before Stonewall a priceless heirloom of gay studies and a must in the personal education of any socially conscious person interested in gay culture.

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