Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria

Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria

2005 en 57 minutes

Rating: 4.2

Plot

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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Cast

Susan Stryker

Susan Stryker

Herself / Narrator

Aleshia Brevard

Aleshia Brevard

Herself

Tamara Ching

Tamara Ching

Herself

Felicia Elizondo

Felicia Elizondo

Herself

Amanda St. Jaymes

Amanda St. Jaymes

Herself

Suzan Cooke

Suzan Cooke

Herself

Ed Hansen

Ed Hansen

Himself

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