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Stonewall uprising, WGBH Educational Foundation ; WGBH ; American Experience Films presents ; a Q-Ball Productions film for American Experience ; for American Experience senior producer, Sharon Grimberg ; executive producer, Mark Samels ; produced and directed by Kate Davis, David Heilbroner ; written by David Heilbroner

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Stonewall uprising

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Originally broadcast as episode 9 of season 23 of the PBS television series The American Experience

WGBH Educational Foundation ; WGBH ; American Experience Films presents ; a Q-Ball Productions film for American Experience ; for American Experience senior producer, Sharon Grimberg ; executive producer, Mark Samels ; produced and directed by Kate Davis, David Heilbroner ; written by David Heilbroner

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American experience

Featuring archival footage and interviews with those who took part, from drag queens and street hustlers to police detectives, journalists, and a former mayor of New York City, this program revisits a time when homosexual acts were illegal throughout the United States, and homosexuality itself was considered a mental illness. On June 28, 1969, when police raided the Stonewall Inn, a Mafia-run gay bar in Greenwich Village, gay men and women did something they had not done before: they fought back. As the streets of New York erupted into violent protests and street demonstrations, the collective anger announced that the gay rights movement had arrived

Homosexuality in the 1960s -- Social and legal consequences -- Paradise in Greenwich Village -- Dodging the authorities -- A time of rebellion -- An uprising at Stonewall -- Strength in numbers -- A movement is born -- The first gay pride parade

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