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Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria (2005)

Poster for Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria

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 & Crew

Director
Victor Silverman
  • Profile picture of Susan Stryker
    Herself / Narrator Susan Stryker
  • Profile picture of Aleshia Brevard
    Herself Aleshia Brevard

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Keywords

  • police brutality
  • san francisco, california
  • drag queen
  • diner
  • civil rights
  • riot
  • oppression
  • lgbt
  • woman director
  • trans woman
  • transgender rights
  • tenderloin district
  • gay rights
  • american history
  • trans women