'Stonewall' revisits LGBT's earliest days - USA TODAY

There are no aliens or disasters in director Roland Emmerich’s latest movie. Just a civil-rights story that deserved to be told.

Stonewall (in theaters Friday) is built around the New York City riots that kicked off June 28, 1969, at Greenwich Village’s Stonewall Inn. The moment would prove pivotal for gay liberation activists four years after the Selma-to-Montgomery march marked a turning point for African-American leaders.

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