Documentary film exploring the planning and execution of the disruption of a service at St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Cathedral in 1989 by the radical gay rights group, ACT UP. The filmmaker brings the audience into the Cathedral during the protest as well as into the planning sessions of ACT UP, New York.
"This tape documents the efforts of Act-Up and other gay groups in New York City to combat the Catholic Church's homophobic policies and to challenge the political agenda of John Cardinal O'Connor, head of the Archdiocese of New York. "Stop the church" was adopted as the radical rallying cry to halt the erosion of the separation between church and state, to eradicate gay bashing and preserve abortion rights. To directly confront the church's inimical stand towards homosexuals and persons with AIDS, protestors disrupted a mass by staging a "die-in" at St. Patrick's Cathedral. Cameras record the sit-down protest, the reading of manifestoes, and subsequent arrests as well as the reactions of Cardinal O'Connor and parishioners."
"Documentary film exploring the planning and execution of the disruption of a service at St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Cathedral in 1989 by the radical gay rights group, ACT UP. The filmmaker brings the audience into the Cathedral during the protest as well as into the planning sessions of ACT UP, New York."
"Documentary film exploring the planning and execution of the disruption of a service at St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Cathedral in 1989 by the radical gay rights group, ACT UP. The filmmaker brings the audience into the Cathedral during the protest as well as into the planning sessions of ACT UP, New York."@en
""Captures the rage driving the 1989 demonstration and 'die-in' against the Catholic Church and Cardinal John J. O'Connor at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City. Banned by PBS, this powerful documentary follows the planning, staging, and eventual outcome of ACT UP's most controversial action to date"--Container."@en
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