简介：In1969,thepoliceraidedtheStonewallInn,agaybarinNewYorkCity'sGreenwichVillage-leadingtothreenightsofriotingbythecity'sgaycommunity.Withthisoutpouringofcourageandunity,theGayLiberationMovementhadbegun. BeforeStonewallpriesopentheclosetdoor-settingfreethedramaticstoryofthesometimeshorrifyingpublicandprivateexistencesexperiencedbygayandlesbianAmericanssincethe1920s.Revealingandoftenhumorous,thiswidelyacclaimedfilmrelivestheemotionally-chargedsparkingoftoday'sgayrightsmovement-fromtheeventsthatledtothefevered1969riotstomanyothermilestonesinthebravefightforacceptance. Experiencetheunforgettable,decade-by-decadehistoryofhomosexualityinAmericathrougheye-openinghistoricalfootageandamazinginterviewswiththosewholivedthroughanoftenbrutalclosetedhistory.YouoweittoyourselftoseeBeforeStonewall.…