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"Tells the little-known story of the first known act of collective, violent resistance to the social oppression of queer people in the United States - a 1966 riot in San Francisco's impoverished Tenderloin neighborhood, three years before the famous gay riot at New York's Stonewall In...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Independent Television Service, KQED-TV (Television station : San Francisco, Calif.), Frameline (Firm)
Other Authors: Silverman, Victor, 1957-, Stryker, Susan, Walsh, Jack
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: San Francisco, CA : Frameline, [2005?]
Subjects:
Transgender people > United States > History > 20th century.
Gay liberation movement > United States > History > 20th century.
Tenderloin (San Francisco, Calif.) > History > 20th century.
Riots > California > San Francisco.
Documentary films.
Online Access:Official website
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Summary:"Tells the little-known story of the first known act of collective, violent resistance to the social oppression of queer people in the United States - a 1966 riot in San Francisco's impoverished Tenderloin neighborhood, three years before the famous gay riot at New York's Stonewall Inn" -- Container.
Item Description:Originally produced as a documentary film in 2005.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (57 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD-R.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Sophie Constantinou ; editor, Laurie Schmidt ; music, Heikki Koskinen.