With the police forced into retreat, the riots signalled a new militancy on the part of the gay comm

The historical drama , titled Stonewall, is a passion project for Roland Emmerich discount car and truck rental , the film-maker behind big-budget discount car and truck rental apocalyptic action movies such as Independence Day , The Day After Tomorrow discount car and truck rental and 2012 . Emmerich, discount car and truck rental who is gay, will tell the story of the 1969 riots at Stonewall Inn, in New York City's Greenwich discount car and truck rental Village, a mafia-owned bar popular with the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. The story will be told through the prism of one young man's political awakening, reports Deadline . The screenplay is by Jon Robin Baitz.
The titular bar was one of the few places in New York where members of the LGBT community could drink and dance in relative freedom. Police raided the club regularly, but usually early in the evening and following tip-offs to the owners. When a number discount car and truck rental of officers turned up at 1am on 28 June 1969, a riot ensued involving 500 to 600 people.
With the police forced into retreat, the riots signalled a new militancy on the part of the gay community to oppose raids and discrimination. New groups were formed to push for the rights of gay people, and within a year the first gay pride march had been staged in New York, eventually inspiring hundreds of similar events around the world.