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Stonewall is an upcoming American drama film directed by Roland Emmerich and written by Jon Robin Baitz. It is a fictionalized version of the Stonewall Riots.
The plot revolves around the 1969 Stonewall Riots, the violent clash that kicked off the gay rights movement in New York City. It centers on Danny Winters, who flees to New York, leaving behind his sister. As he finds his way to the Stonewall Inn, he meets Trevor before catching the eye of Ed Murphy, manager of the Stonewall Inn.
Cast
Jeremy Irvine as Danny Winters
Jonny Beauchamp as Ray/Ramona
Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Trevor
Ron Perlman as Ed Murphy
Joey King as Phoebe Winters
Caleb Landry Jones as Orphan Annie
Matt Craven as Seymour Pine
Atticus Mitchell as Matthew
Mark Camacho as Fat Tony
Joanne Vannicola as Sam
Yan England as Terry
Arthur Holden as Frank Kameny
Veronika Vernadskaya
Karl Glusman
Andrea Frankle
Controversy
The film has been criticized by many for its lack of representation of minorities said by critics to have been prominently involved the historical event, in particular people of color, drag queens, butch lesbians and trans women.[8][9][10][11] Emmerich responded to the controversy stating, "I think we represented it very well[...] We have drag queens, lesbians, we have everything in the film because we wanted to portray a broader image of what 'gay' means."[12]
Star of the film, Jeremy Irvine responded to the controversy denying that key historical figures, have been omitted, or "whitewashed". He stated: “To anyone with concerns about the diversity of the #StonewallMovie, I saw the movie for the 1st time last week and can assure you all in that it represents almost each one race and division of society in that was so fundamental to one of the most noteworthy civil rights movements in living history,” Jeremy wrote on his Instagram account. “Marsha P Johnson is a major part of the movie, and although 1st hand accounts of who threw the 1st brick in the riots vary wildly, it is a fictional black transvestite character played by the very talented Vladimir Alexis who pulls out the 1st brick in the riot scene,” he continued
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