The opening battle in the major gay rights movement

In a story framed by a seminal moment in gay history, Matty Dean (Fred Weller) arrives in 1969 Greenwich Village, N.Y., seeking sexual liberation. He finds it at the popular gay bar the Stonewall Inn. After ending up in jail after a raid there, he meets Ethan (Brendan Corbalis), a gay activist who favors peaceful protest. That ideal, however, is lost when police storm the Stonewall again, and this time the enraged drag queens fight back.