Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria
Directed by Victor Silverman, Susan Stryker
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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.Read moreLess
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.
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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.
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Susan StrykerHerself / Narrator
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- Director of Photography
- Sophie E. Constantinou
- Director
- Victor Silverman
- Director
- Susan Stryker
- Writer
- Victor Silverman
- Writer
- Susan Stryker
- Producer
- Susan Stryker
- Producer
- Victor Silverman
- Editor
- Laurie Schmidt