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First trailer for Roland Emmerich’s gay rights drama Stonewall

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Overnight, the first trailer for Roland Emmerich‘s gay rights drama Stonewall debuted online. The film stars English actor Jeremy Irvine (War Horse) as fictional character Danny Winters who flees his family home and heads to New York, where he befriends a group of friends in Greenwich Village. They introduce him to local club, The Stonewall Inn, a mafia run watering hole.

Emmerich’s film is set against the backdrop of the true story of the Stonewall riots which took place in 1969, an event which started the fight for equal rights across America. It certianly looks like a remarkable, and indeed powerful film – one we’re very much looking forward to.

Here’s the full synopsis.

STONEWALL is a drama about a fictional young man caught up during the 1969 Stonewall Riots. Danny Winters (Jeremy Irvine) is forced to leave behind friends and loved ones when he is kicked out of his parent’s home and flees to New York. Alone in Greenwich Village, homeless and destitute, he befriends a group of street kids who soon introduce him to the local watering hole The Stonewall Inn; however, this shady, mafia-run club is far from a safe-haven.  As Danny and his friends experience discrimination, endure atrocities and are repeatedly harassed by the police, we see a rage begin to build.  This emotion runs through Danny and the entire community of young gays, lesbians and drag queens who populate the Stonewall Inn and erupts in a storm of anger.  With the toss of a single brick, a riot ensues and a crusade for equality is born.

Stonewall will debut at this year’s Toronto film festival, before heading to US cinemas in September (25th). A UK release is still TBA.

Here’s the first trailer.

Stonewall film trailer.

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