Watch & Discuss "Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria"
Sat, Jun 06
|Zoom
In August 1966 trans women, drag queens, hustlers, and homeless queer youth rioted against police oppression at Compton’s Cafeteria in San Francisco’s impoverished Tenderloin neighborhood. This Emmy-winning 2005 film first brought this little-remembered act of resistance to public awareness.
Time & Location
Jun 06, 2020, 7:00 PM – 9:20 PM EDT
Zoom
About the event
1) Stream film on your own starting at 7pm or anytime before the event using Kanopy * - free with a library card! No card? No worries - sign up for a free digital card here. Hop on the Zoom call at 7pm to discuss via the chat feature!
*We hope you'll try Kanopy, but if the the full film is also on YouTube here
2) Join us for live discussion at 8:15pm on Zoom! We will turn on audio/video for a discussion.
Join Zoom meeting - click here!
Film info
"EMMY Award-winning Screaming Queens tells the little-known story of the first known act of collective, violent resistance to the social oppression of queer people in the United States - a 1966 riot in San Francisco's impoverished Tenderloin neighborhood, three years before the famous gay riot at New York's Stonewall Inn.