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Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria

Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria

JUN 18, 2005 · 57 MIN · DIR. VICTOR SILVERMAN

Documentary

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.

Cast

  • Susan Stryker

    Susan Stryker

    Herself / Narrator

  • Aleshia Brevard

    Aleshia Brevard

    Herself

  • Tamara Ching

    Herself

  • Felicia Elizondo

    Herself

  • Amanda St. Jaymes

    Herself

  • Suzan Cooke

    Herself

  • Ed Hansen

    Himself

Crew

Writer

Susan Stryker

Writer

Victor Silverman

Director of Photography

Sophie E. Constantinou

Editor

Laurie Schmidt

Producer

Victor Silverman

Producer

Susan Stryker