"It was the Rosa Parks moment," says one man. June 28, 1969: NYC police raid a Greenwich Village Mafia-run gay bar, The Stonewall Inn. For the first time, patrons refuse to be led into paddy wagons, setting off a 3-day riot that launches the Gay Rights Movement. Told by Stonewall patrons, reporters and the cop who led the raid, Stonewall Uprising recalls the bad old days when psychoanalysts equated homosexuality with mental illness and advised aversion therapy, and even lobotomies; public service announcements warned youngsters against predatory homosexuals; and police entrapment was rampant. At the height of this oppression, the cops raid Stonewall, triggering nights of pandemonium with tear gas, billy clubs and a small army of tactical police. The rest is history. (Karen Cooper, Director, Film Forum) * A note on the name: The Mattachine Society, founded in 1950, was one of the earliest homophile organizations in the United States, probably second only to Chicago’s short-lived Society for Human Rights (1924). Harry Hay and a group of Los Angeles male friends formed the group to protect and improve the rights of homosexuals.
7:00 PM screening STONEWALL UPRISING by Kate Davis and David Heilbroner
9 PM PRIDE 2010 Kick Off DANCE PARTY @ the Marquee Room featuring DJ Rollin Dolan, DJ Fleur and DJ molllyfi
Tickets:
$15 Advance Full Event
$20 @ the Door Full Event cash only
Dance Party at the door: $15 cash only
For Advance tickets go to: www.fairytalesfilmfest.com or phone 403.263.0079