"Director: Greta Schiller"

• Before Stonewall | DVD | (22/06/2009) from £7.87   |  Saving you £7.12 (90.47%)   |  RRP £14.99

  On June 27 1969 police raided The Stonewall Inn a gay bar in New York City's Greenwich Village. In a spontaneous show of support and frustration the city's gay community rioted for three nights in the streets an event that is considered the birth of the modern Gay Rights Movement. This award winning documentary pries open the closet door setting free the dramatic story of the sometimes horrifying public and private existences experienced by the gay community since the 1920s. Revealing and often humorous Before Stonewall exposes the fascinating and unforgettable decade-by-decade history of homosexuality in America.

• Paris Was a Woman | DVD | (16/08/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  In the first quarter of the 20th century Paris was the undisputed cultural capital of the world. It was also the meeting place for a new generation of independent women who flocked to the West Bank and made it their home. Together they created a now legendary community of respected artists: authors Colette Djuna Barnes and Gertrude Stein; painters Romaine Brookes and Marie Laurencin; photographers Bernice Abbott and Gilsele Freund; publishers Sylvia Beach and Adrienne Monnier; and journalist Janet Flanner. Using groundbreaking research and recently uncovered home movies combined with other visual sources this intimate documentary entwines interviews and anecdotes to recreate the ambience of an exceptional group of women in Paris during its most magical era.

• Paris Was A Woman | DVD | (23/10/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In the first quarter of the 20th century Paris was the undisputed cultural capital of the world. It was also the meeting place for a new generation of independent women who literally flocked to the West Bank of Paris and made it their home. Authors Colette Djuna Barnes and Gertrude Stein joined painters Romaine Brookes and Marie Laurencin photographers Bernice Abbott and Giselle Freund publishers and booksellers Sylvia Beach and Adrienne Monnier and journalist Janet Flanner and together they created a now legendary community. Using groundbreaking research newly discovered home movies combined with other visual sources this intimate documentary intertwines interview and anecdote to recreate the mood and flavour of this exceptional female artistic community in Paris during its most magical era.