Sound Portraits: The First Documentary on Stonewall

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WNYC News | Jul 13, 2010
Photo by Harvey Wang

Photo by Harvey Wang

This documentary from Sound Portraits, broadcast on the 20th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, is the first documentary - in any medium - about the riots. It weaves together the perspectives of the participants, from Deputy Inspector Seymour Pine, who marshaled the raid, to Sylvia Rivera, one of the drag queens who battled most fiercely that night. The piece was produced by David Isay with Michael Scherker, edited by Amy Goodman and mixed by Spider Ryder at WNYC.

To learn how to record your own Stonewall story, please visit www.storycorps.org.


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