Before Stonewall | Kinofilm

In the organizer's words:

QUEERHISTORYMONTH

QueerHistoryMonth will take place in Hamburg from May 1 to 31, 2025 (www.queerhistoryhamburg.de). Various events during the festival will bring the history(ies) of the queer community in Hamburg to life. Everyone is welcome - kings, queers, queens, allies, friends, families (of choice) and everyone in between and beyond!

EVENT

New York, Christopher Street, on the night of June 27-28, 1969: homosexuals and trans people in the Stonewall Inn bar resolutely defy the police, who actually want to clear the place. Their uprising and the subsequent riots and demonstrations in the following days are regarded as the big bang of queer self-confidence and a turning point in the fight for recognition and equality, which has been commemorated every year since then at the Christopher Street Day parades.

In their award-winning documentary Before Stonewall, Greta Schiller and Robert Rosenberg tell the story of the lives and everyday life of queer Americans before this event. With rare archive material from film clips and photos, interviews with well-known personalities such as the Beat poet Allen Ginsberg and the poet and activist Audre Lorde, but above all with statements from "normal" gay, lesbian and trans* people from the general population, the film tells the story of the gradual visualization of queer identities in US society.
You can watch the trailer here.

Ageing under the rainbow goes Cinema

For this year's QueerHistoryMonth we would like to invite you to watch the movie Before Stonewall with us at the Lichtmess-Kino in Altona.

Date: May 07, 2025

Time: 19:00 to 21:00

Location: Lichtmess-Kino, Gaußstr. 25, 22765 Hamburg

Implementing organization: Project Ageing under the Rainbow

Directed by: Christian Giebel (Aidshilfe Hamburg)

Tickets: 4€, please buy on site. Suitable for (young) adults aged 16 and over. The movie is rated FSK 16.

The movie theater is barrier-free accessible.

NOTES

Please note that photos may be taken during the QueerHistoryMonth Hamburg event for public relations purposes. The festival is organized on a voluntary basis with great commitment. The QHM assumes no liability for the content and organization of the individual events. The responsibility for this lies exclusively with the respective organizers. Participation is at your own risk. The QHM accepts no liability for accidents or damage to property.

Price information:

Please buy tickets at the Box Office.