BBC dramatization of a 1969 skirmish between gay-bar patrons and the NYPD, elevated, in effect, into the Lexington of the American homosexual revolution: the outbreak of open hostilities. Self-confessedly (self-defensively) immersed more in legend than in fact, and thus functional more as pep rally than as history lesson. There is nevertheless some solid period information (along with the occasional anachronism: "Get outta town" as an equivalent of "You're putting me on"), and the numerous Shangri-Las goldie-oldies, while doubtless informational too, are delightful in themselves. With Frederick Weller, Guillermo Diaz, Brendan Corbalis; directed by the late (of AIDS) Nigel Finch. (1995) — Duncan Shepherd
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