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On June 27, 1969, a police raid on the Stonewall Inn, a New York City gay bar, took a surprising turn when patrons decided it was time to fight back. As a riot erupted in Greenwich Village, a new era in the gay rights movement was born. Among the crowd that day was 23-year-old film student Vito Russo. In the aftermath of the infamous rebellion, a raid on an after-hours bar he frequented ended with a young gay man impaling himself on a fence while trying to escape the police.
This is when Vito found his voice as a gay activist and critic of homosexual representation in the media. Over the next 20 years, until his death from AIDS in 1990, Vito Russo was one of the most outspoken and inspiring activists in the LGBT community's fight for equal rights.
Original Release
10/14/2011
US Release
10/14/2011
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Phyllis Antonellis | Self - Cousin |
| George Bancroft | Bill Bailey |
| Richard Barrios | Self |
| Edmund Bergler | Self - Psychoanalyst, Writer |
| Richard Berkowitz | Himself / Self - Author |
| Lenny Bloom | Self - Friend & Lawyer |
| Jay Blotcher | Self |
| Malcolm Boyd | Self / Himself |
| Stephen Boyd | Messala |
| Joseph Brewer | Self |
Directors
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Phyllis Antonellis | Self - Cousin |
| George Bancroft | Bill Bailey |
| Richard Barrios | Self |
| Edmund Bergler | Self - Psychoanalyst, Writer |
| Richard Berkowitz | Himself / Self - Author |
| Lenny Bloom | Self - Friend & Lawyer |
| Jay Blotcher | Self |
| Malcolm Boyd | Self / Himself |
| Stephen Boyd | Messala |
| Joseph Brewer | Self |
| Lee Brewster | Self - Queens Liberation Front |
| Tom Brokaw | Self |
| Billie Burke | Glinda |
| Marcus A. Conant | Self |
| Jane Darwell | Mrs. Winchell - Jack's Mother |
| Bette Davis | Judith Traherne |
| Doris Day | (archive footage) |
| Frances Dee | Elaine Talbart |
| Michael Denneny | Self - Book Editor |
| Mama Jean DeVente | Self |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Sheila Nevins | Executive Producer |
| Bryan Singer | Executive Producer |
| Jeffrey Schwarz | Producer |
| Jon Glover | Producer |
| John Hoffman | Producer |
| Lotti Pharriss Knowles | Producer |
| Steven Solomon | Producer |
| Taryn Teigue | Producer |
| Philip Harrison | Producer |
| Adam Robitel | Producer |
