Trailer For Roland Emmerich’s Gay Rights Drama ‘Stonewall’ Starring Jeremy Irvine
Roadside Flix has released the first trailer for Roland Emmerich’s upcoming gay rights drama Stonewall. The film revolves around the 1969 Stonewall Riots, the violent clash that kicked off the gay rights movement in New York City. Ron Perlman, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Jonny Beauchamp, Caleb Landry Jones, Joey King, Karl Glusman, Vlademir Alexis, Alexandre Nachi, and Matt Craven also star. Stonewall hits theaters September 25th.
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.