Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria

Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria

Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria

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2005

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57 min

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Documentary

Overview

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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Keywords

police brutality

san francisco, california

drag queen

diner

civil rights

riot

oppression

lgbt

woman director

trans woman

transgender rights

tenderloin district

gay rights

american history

trans women

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Cast

Susan Stryker

Susan Stryker

Herself / Narrator

Aleshia Brevard

Aleshia Brevard

Herself

Tamara Ching

Herself

Felicia Elizondo

Herself

Amanda St. Jaymes

Herself

Suzan Cooke

Herself

Ed Hansen

Himself

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