Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria

Name: Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria
Director: Victor Silverman
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2005-06-18
Duration: 57 min
Rating: 3.6
Cast: Susan Stryker, Aleshia Brevard, Tamara Ching, Felicia Elizondo, Amanda St. Jaymes

Directed by Victor Silverman

Documentary

20050h 57m3.6

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.