After Stonewall

Starring:Harvey Milk, Anita Bryant, Larry Kramer, Sheila James Kuehl, Harry Hay, Barney Frank
Director: John Scagliotti
Studio: First Run Features
Product Type: DVD

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The companion film to Before Stonewall, After Stonewall, narrated by Melissa Etheridge, explores gay history in the U.S. from the 1970s through the 1990s. Like its predecessor, After Stonewall attempts to cover much ground in a short amount of time; however, with only three decades to span, the assignment is more manageable.

The film covers the predictable highs and lows of the last 30 years of the 20th century. On the side of triumph, it explores the declassification of homosexuality as a disease; the growth of gay presses and writers; gay wins in political office (notably Harvey Milk and Elaine Noble); and the formation of a national gay lobbying presence in the Human Rights Fund. On the flip side, we witness the antigay hysteria evoked by Anita Bryant; the rise of AIDS, the blind eye of the federal government; and the growth of the Christian Coalition. Perhaps the most significant contribution of this film is its mapping of a gay presence within popular media. Through TV shows such as South Park and covers of Newsweek and Time, as well as "out" popular performers like k.d. lang and Ellen DeGeneres, the case is made that gay culture has "arrived" in America--a huge leap from the days before Stonewall when the common idea of a gay person was someone to snicker at or otherwise dismiss as a lunatic. --Katy Ankenman

After Stonewall
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Great summary of the start of the Gay Movement

if you buy before then you need after too...

The Struggle Continues...

An amazing review of contemporary, gay history.

After Stonewall
Starring: Harvey Milk , Anita Bryant , Sheila James Kuehl , Larry Kramer , and Harry Hay
Director: John Scagliotti
Manufacturer: First Run Features
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The companion film to Before Stonewall, After Stonewall, narrated by Melissa Etheridge, explores gay history in the U.S. from the 1970s through the 1990s. Like its predecessor, After Stonewall attempts to cover much ground in a short amount of time; however, with only three decades to span, the assignment is more manageable.

Customer Reviews:

Great summary of the start of the Gay Movement.......2007-02-07

This documentary includes interviews, film clips and key news items of the progression of the gay movement since Stonewall. As a member of the GLBT community and a PFLAG chapter president, I found the documentary very informative. I recommend this documentary as a follow-up to "Before Stonewall".

if you buy before then you need after too..........2006-07-05

the perfect follow-up to 'The Making of a Gay and Lesbian Community: Before Stonewall' I've seen both along with another called 'Dangerous Living' - describing the situation in the developing world. These three DVD's are essential and entertaining tools for anyone wanting to help others understand the GBLT community around the world.

The Struggle Continues..........2005-02-15

One night in June 1969, a group of people, tired of intolerance from the New York City police department, decided for once they weren't going to take it anymore, and give birth to the modern gay rights movement in the United States. Thirty five years later, it's amazing to see both how far we've come and how far we have yet to go.

After Stonewall depicts the struggle evolving from those empowering nights in New York City, and how it blossomed into a national movement. Long a mecca for the Bohemians of society, New york City is a natural birthplace for such a movement. Now, we see how that movement grew, through the times of trial of the AIDS epidemic, to the growth of the Religious Right and their ultimate intolerance.

This video does try to capture too much in too short of time, but the effect is quick and yet inspirational. It was amazing to listen to those people who were at ground zero of the AIDS epidemic, and the response of the community to it. The section of the AIDS quilt will immediately bring tears; it's poignant and heartbreaking. This documentary stops short of the millenium, but it manages to cover a wide-range of issues.

It's critical as a community that we embrace where we've come from. It seems as we traverse times of trial and tribulation, it's important to understand our roots. It's those roots, based in the stories that are in this movie, that ground us and help instill a sense a pride in where we've come from, and where we'll be going. With that pride comes strength, strength of will, strength of character. The people who so bravely walked before us, are our sources of self-empowerment.

Watch this move, learn, and live.

An amazing review of contemporary, gay history........1999-07-11

Seeing where gays and lesbians have come from; the elated triumphs and horrible tragedies they endured, gives me an incredible appreciation for the rights I am beginning to enjoy. The sexual revolution of the 1970's through the horror of the eighties and the hope of the nineties, "After Stonewall," gives an incredibly inspirational portrayal of the gay and lesbian struggle for acceptance and normalcy.

Shorts from the Vermont Bear Film Festival

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Something for Everyone
Not a bad collection of silly bear stuff

Shorts from the Vermont Bear Film Festival
Starring: Allen Ginsberg; Harry Hay;
Director: John Scagliotti; Clark Nikolai
Manufacturer: After Stonewall Productions
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Something for Everyone.......2007-07-04

"Shorts from the Vermont Bear Film Festival"

Something for Everyone

Amos Lassen and Cinema Pride

"Shorts from the Vermont Bear Film Festival" (ASI) is wonderful. This collection of 10 short films contains parodies, an interview with "beatnik" poet Allen Ginsberg and footage of the Radical Faeries.
The interview with Ginsberg is a treasure. We get an inside look at Ginsberg as he tell that he is a deeply sexual man lusting after Jack Kerouac. He also reads one of his poems, "In Society" and this is a bold look at Ginsberg was a rebel and f you have never heard him read, you have missed something. No one can read his own work better than then author himself and if for no other reason, this is why you should see the collection.
But there are other reasons why this collection is so good. Many of us have heard of the Radical Faeries and perhaps seen photographs of them but few have had the opportunity to see the faeries on film. Here we can not only see them but we also get to see one of the most instrumental people o gay rights--Harry Hay. In "Goat Boy", a film made by Hay, we have a faerie ritual (complete with frontal nudity). Goat Boy, the character, loves potato chips and when he goes to find some, we get an inside look at the early days of the Radical Faeries in a periodic short film.
"Casey's Dad" is a take-off of "Stacy's Mom" by alternative rock band "Fountains of Wayne" which is very clever. "How Do I Look Mr. Metro Bear" by Wolfgang Bush is a fashion show like none you have ever seen. Boots, bears and chubs are part of "The Hairy Underbelly of Portugal" is my personal favorite and is a revelation. Set to an aria by Verdi and sung by Maria Callas it bearishly looks at the hairy side of part of the Iberian Peninsula.
Clark Nikolai provides three short films, "An der Nordseekuste" (a favorite of the Bear festival goers), "My Heart the Cook" (very funny as it looks at the relationship between bears and food) and "Yankee Lust", a look at the Folsom Street Fair where anything goes and "Men on Fur on Men" a sensual satire on fat, hairy, sagging older men.
The "Oscar" of the Vermont Film Festival is known as the PAW award and it was awarded to "Avec des Excuses a Alfred" by Dan Dowling and Rob Sherman. It watches a hairy man take a shower and satirizes that great shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho".
Hopefully this collection is just the first of many. It preserves part of our history and gives a look at both ourselves and others. This is definitely a must-see.

Not a bad collection of silly bear stuff.......2007-06-27

If you like bear-themed (the gay kind) stuff, this is a worthwhile purchase. By far the best clips are the sing-along "An der Nordseeküste", and "Avec des Excuses á Alfred". There's nothing deep here, but most of it's fun to watch. I'm looking forward to seeing volume 2!

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