Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria

Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria

57 mins | Documentary | June 18, 2005

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.

Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria

57 mins | Documentary | June 18, 2005

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.
IMDb rating 7.6
Producers
Original title Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria
Directors Victor Silverman, Susan Stryker
Writers Victor Silverman, Susan Stryker

Cast

Susan Stryker

as Herself / Narrator

Aleshia Brevard

as Herself

Tamara Ching

as Herself

Felicia Elizondo

as Herself

Amanda St. Jaymes

as Herself

Suzan Cooke

as Herself

Ed Hansen

as Himself