Black Sheep Books, in collaboration with the
Central Vermont Queer Liberation Army and
Revolutionary Knitters, presents:

STITCH & FLIX: A monthly movie and socializing series

"AFTER STONEWALL: From the Riots to the Millennium,"
followed by discussion on "After Pearls"

Tuesday, July 18 at 7:00 p.m.
at 4 Langdon Street, Montpelier

* with knitters' caucus at 6:30 p.m. (upstairs in Black Sheep Books)

Free! All wecome!

Thirty years ago, America's lesbians and gays—a largely closeted, fragmented, and shunned community—experienced a profound turning point. On June 27, 1969, in what is considered the birth of the modern gay civil rights movement, the homosexual, bisexual, and transgendered patrons of the Stonewall Bar in New York City spontaneously united and fought back against chronic police harassment, jeers, and arrests. "AFTER STONEWALL," a 90-minute documentary, chronicles the gay and lesbian experience since the Stonewall riots.

From the emergence of the 1970s' gay liberation movement and women's music festivals to the onslaught of AIDS, the vibrant Gay Games movement and Ellen DeGeneres's highly publicized coming out performance, "AFTER STONEWALL" presents a story as compelling, rewarding, and provocative as the individual lesbians and gays who defined the era.

Narrated by celebrated musical artist Melissa Etheridge, "AFTER STONEWALL" captures the struggles, defeats, and triumphs of a proud, though still stigmatized, community. The film records the personal accounts of gays and lesbians who have transformed not only their own lives, but also U.S. society and the world community. According to program producer John Scagliotti, "These are the stories that prompted the public to question its own fundamental values with regard to family, work, religion and relationships.... Through this film, viewers will be educated about the profound influence gays and lesbians have had on the shaping of the twentieth century."

Archival and never-before-released footage from the gay and lesbian community, including personal videos and 8mm home movies, provides the centerpiece of "AFTER STONEWALL." Filmmakers interviewed more than two hundred people for the film, including author Armistead Maupin; early activists Frank Kameny, Jewelle Gomez and Barbara Gittings; Representative Barney Frank (D-Mass.); novelist Dorothy Allison; presidential advisor David Mixner; drag entertainer Charles Ching; best-selling author Rita Mae Brown; gay community leader Elizabeth Birch; and gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered individuals from all walks of life.

"AFTER STONEWALL" is the sequel to the Emmy Award-winning documentary "BEFORE STONEWALL," which succeeded in bringing gay and lesbian issues to national attention with its PBS release in 1986.

For more info on the film, see http://www.afterstonewall.com/