San Francisco Documentary Festival

Black Rio! Black Power! + Q&A & Compton's '22

Expired June 10, 2024 6:59 AM
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On an unknown date in August 1966, trans women in San Francisco's Tenderloin district rioted against police violence at Gene Compton's Cafeteria. There was no news coverage, and the arrest records no longer exist. Decades later, historians Susan Stryker and Victor Silverman unearthed the history of the riot and interviewed the surviving “Compton’s queens.”
  • Runtime
    17 minutes
  • Country
    United States
  • Director
    Drew de Pinto
  • Producer
    Susan Stryker, Victor Silverman, Azza Cohen
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