Thursday, October 6, 2016

Stonewall (2015)


Released September 25th in the US.
Filmed entirely in Canada.
Based on truths.
The story : It's 1969 and being homosexual is illegal...
It is considered the equivalent of being mentally ill and often treated with electroshock therapy...
It it illegal to sell alcoholic beverages to homosexuals and the government fires anyone who is publicly homosexual...
At the same time , Danny is a young homosexual high school senior , but he hasn't come out.
When the truth accidentally gets out about Danny , he doesnt know how to deal - so he leaves his small home town and goes to the only place he knows of...Greenwich Village in New York City.
There , Danny is quickly accepted by a group of homosexual outcasts who teach him to be proud of who he is.
Stars Jeremy Irvine , Joey King , David Cubitt , Andrea Frankle , Joe Altman , Patrick Garrow , Jonny Beauchamp , Caleb Landry Jones , Vladimir Alexis , Ben Sullivan , Alex C Nachi , Otoja Abit , Jonathan Rhys Meyers , Ron Perlman , Matt Craven
Directed by Roland Emmerich
Rated R
HISTORY/BIOGRAPHY/DRAMA

"Love isn't always pretty."

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