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The Book of Matthew
The brutal gay-bashing
murder of University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard has
provoked unprecedented reaction across the U.S. -- from Washington to
Wisconsin to West Hollywood, lesbians and gays have responded with shock,
grief and anger at dozens of vigils, marches and memorials across the
country. This special feature includes a review of the events
surrounding Matthew's tragic death, the community's response and analysis
of the phenomenal impact this hate crime has had on the entire country.
Produced by Greg Gordon and Lucia Chappelle.
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TIME LINE: From Stonewall Through the Seventies
Beginning with the explosion at Stonewall, the modern g/l/b/t movement developed a sense of itself
and a strategy for attaining liberation, often in reaction to the attacks against it.
Time Line retraces that road by looking at some of the landmark events in that
struggle.
In Part 1, hear from some of
the veterans of the Stonewall Rebellion and relive the trauma of the Orange Tuesday!
In Part 2, there were
referendum wins and losses in big and little locales, lesbian feminists at International Women's
Year and a guy named Milk was elected in San Francisco.
In Part 3, Harvey Milk
is assassinated, but an idea he got from a Robin Tyler joke came to life.
In Part 4, what happened after
the Dan White verdict was a real riot, and part of the reason gays and lesbians boarded the
Freedom Train.
In the concluding part of this
5-part documentary produced by This Way Out's Greg Gordon, the l/g/b/t movement marches
on the U.S. capital and into the 80s, and fights back against the distorted portrayal of its
gains in CBS' Gay Power, Gay Politics
DIMINISHED CAPACITY: The Assassinations of George Moscone and Harvey Milk, the Workings of the Criminal Justice System, and the Legacy of Dan White
On May 21, 1979, the streets of San Francisco errupted in what became known as the White
Night Riots. The violence came in reaction to the "diminished capacity" verdict against
former Supervisor Dan White for the double assassination of Mayor George Moscone and
the city's first openly gay Supervisor, Harvey Milk.
In Part 1, meet Harvey Milk and learn the circumstances around the shocking murders - and White's
"Twinkie defense" that resulted in a sentence of less than 7 years!
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part 1!
In Part 2, the people of the Castro begin to gather as news of the verdict circulates, and the
crowd gets out of hand ... and then, so do the police.
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part 2!
In Part 3, the spirit of Harvey paid a visit to San Franciscans struggling to understand both the
verdict and the violence.
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part 3!
In Part 4, White's release from prison, his parole in Los Angeles and his subsequent return to
San Francisco poured salt into the community's festering wounds.
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part 4!
In the concluding part of
this 5-part documentary produced by This Way Out's Greg Gordon (in association with
Pacifica Radio), Dan White commited suicide in October of 1985, but the nagging questions he left
behind will never be laid to rest.
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part 5!
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