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

Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria

June 18, 200557 min4.2EN
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.

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Cast

Susan Stryker
Susan StrykerHerself / Narrator
Aleshia Brevard
Aleshia BrevardHerself
Tamara Ching
Tamara ChingHerself
Felicia Elizondo
Felicia ElizondoHerself
Amanda St. Jaymes
Amanda St. JaymesHerself
Suzan Cooke
Suzan CookeHerself
Ed Hansen
Ed HansenHimself