Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton’s Cafeteria is a documentary film directed by Victor Silverman and Susan Stryker. The collection contains production materials from the film, as well as full recordings of the oral histories which are excerpted in the film. These include interviews with Tenderloin residents and other people familiar with the Compton’s riots, including Elliott Blackstone, Felicia Elizondo, Aleshia Brevard, Amanda St. Jaymes, Regina Elizabeth McQueen and Ed Hansen.

Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton’s Cafeteria is a documentary film directed by Victor Silverman and Susan Stryker. The film tells the story of the 1966 riot at Compton’s Cafeteria, a local all-night diner frequented by the queer community in the Tenderloin, and particularly by transgender women.

6.25 linear feet (five cartons)

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Collection is open for research.