Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd vs Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria
Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd has the higher audience score (10/10 against 4.2/10 for Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria). Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria is the shorter watch at 57m compared with 1h 29m. Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria is the older of the two (2005 against 2025). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd
Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria| Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd | Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 4.2/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2005 |
| Length | 1h 29m | 57m |
| Genres | Crime, Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | United Kingdom | – |
| Director | Kwabena Oppong | Susan Stryker, Victor Silverman |
| Main cast | – | Susan Stryker, Aleshia Brevard, Tamara Ching, Felicia Elizondo, Amanda St. Jaymes |
Synopsis
Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd
Five years since the murder of George Floyd – the police killing that set America on fire with rage and sparked a wave of protests around the world, director Kwabena Oppong's film explores one of the most important and defining events in modern history. Featuring ground-breaking interviews with members of George Floyd’s family, the Minneapolis Police Chief who took the bold step of testifying against one of his own officers, Boris Johnson’s…
Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria
The first major uprising against police brutality, harassment, and societal oppression was not at Stonewall in 1969, but at Compton's Cafeteria in San Francisco three years earlier. Those who stood up were trans women and gay men. Now, nearly 40 years on, Susan Stryker and Victor Silverman tell the story of this oft-overlooked event in the history of American civil rights.
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