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18/09/2015 Drama, History 2h 9m
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Where Pride Began

Overview

Kicked out by his parents, a gay teenager leaves small-town Indiana for New York's Greenwich Village, where growing discrimination against the gay community leads to riots on June 28, 1969.

  1. Roland Emmerich

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Jeremy Irvine

    Danny Winters

  2. Jonny Beauchamp

    Ray / Ramona

  3. Joey King

    Phoebe Winters

  4. Caleb Landry Jones

    Orphan Annie

  5. Matt Craven

    Dep. Seymour Pine

  6. David Cubitt

    Coach Winters

  7. Vladimir Alexis

    Cong

  8. Ben Sullivan

    Quiet Paul

  9. Andrea Frankle

    Joyce Winters

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2026-02-25
I think Roland Emmerich’s mistake here was tying this story so specifically to Stonewall. Had he just left it as an Armistead Maupin, “Tales of the City”, type of structured drama then it might have worked more convincingly. It centres around “Danny” (Jeremy Irvine) who has been ostracised by his rural community and his own family after he was caught fooling round with his pal “Joe” (Karl Glusman) by two of their friends who wasted no time in sharing their discovery amongst their schoolmates. Evicted, he moves to New York City with little more than a suitcase and makes for the St...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$13,500,000.00

Revenue
$187,674.00

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