Review of Stonewall Uprising (2010) by Natalie M — 17 Aug 2012

A good, solid documentary about the Stonewall Uprising and the beginnings of the gay rights movement.

This review of Stonewall Uprising (2010) was written by Natalie M on 17 Aug 2012.

Stonewall Uprising has generally received positive reviews.

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By Armond White (604) for New York Press (561) on 15 Jun 2010

Stonewall Uprising commits an unfortunate revisionism: Every person interviewed in the doc refocuses that legendary civil disobedience at the…

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By Moira Macdonald (1,892) for Seattle Times (3,524) on 28 Jul 2010

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By Melissa Anderson (387) for Village Voice (8,525) on 25 Jan 2015

Tellingly, it's not the queers, but a cop--Seymour Pine, the 90-year-old retired NYPD morals inspector who led the raid on the Stonewall Inn--who…

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By Owen Gleiberman (3,271) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 23 Jan 2015

Stonewall Uprising does an evocative job of coloring in the oppression of gay life before Stonewall, so that when the eruption happens, we…

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By Stephen Holden (1,707) for The New York Times (9,847) on 27 Feb 2012

Methodically ticks off the forms of oppression visited on gays and lesbians in the days before the gay rights movement…

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By Christopher T (409) on 04 Jul 2010

Great documentary for those of us looking for a better understanding of the gay rights movement…

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By Fred Camper (31) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 21 Sep 2011

Some say that the revolt was initiated by black and Latino drag queens, a fact not presented here, but there are affecting moments…

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The first half of the film dusts off some kitschy picket-fence footage and alarmist news reports to invoke an era when homosexual acts were…

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By Chas B (5) on 05 Oct 2010

I thought I knew this story, but to hear the facts from actual survivors took me back in time and was an exercise of self discovery…

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