A group of gay friends try to live with dignity and self-respect while events build to the opening battle in the major gay rights movement.
Acting
Guillermo Díaz's La Miranda — tender, furious, unforgettable.
Production
Christopher Street recreation feels lived-in, not museum-piece.
Writing
Romaine Brooks' era dialogue — campy, raw, historically grounded.
Director
Nigel Finch
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released months after director Nigel Finch's AIDS-related death, making the film's survival against erasure doubly poignant.
Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera appear briefly but the film controversially sidelines them; the 2015 Roland Emmerich version made the same erasure worse.
US
GB
