Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria
2005 · Movie · 56 min · ★ 4.2
Screaming Queens tells the forgotten story of the first collective act of militant resistance to the social oppression of queer people in the United States--a 1966 riot by transgender prostitutes at a late night cafeteria in San Francisco, three years before the famous gay riot at New York's Stonewall Inn.
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Details
- Years
- 2005
- Release date
- 2005-06-18
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 56 min
- TMDB rating
- 4.2/10 (6 votes)
Themes
- police brutality
- san francisco, california
- drag queen
- diner
- civil rights
- riot
- oppression
- lgbt
- woman director
- trans woman
- transgender rights
- tenderloin district
- +3 more
Cast & crew
Susan Stryker
as Herself / Narrator
Aleshia Brevard
as Herself
- TC
Tamara Ching
as Herself
- FE
Felicia Elizondo
as Herself
- AJ
Amanda St. Jaymes
as Herself
- SC
Suzan Cooke
as Herself
- EH
Ed Hansen
as Himself
Directed by Susan Stryker, Victor Silverman