Before Stonewall vs The Tattooist's Son: Journey to Auschwitz
The Tattooist's Son: Journey to Auschwitz has the higher audience score (8/10 against 6.5/10 for Before Stonewall). The Tattooist's Son: Journey to Auschwitz is the shorter watch at 1h 10m compared with 1h 27m. Before Stonewall is the older of the two (1984 against 2025). Both are documentary, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Before Stonewall
The Tattooist's Son: Journey to Auschwitz| Before Stonewall | The Tattooist's Son: Journey to Auschwitz | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.5/10 | ★ 8.0/10 |
| Year | 1984 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 27m | 1h 10m |
| Genres | Documentary, History | Documentary, History |
| Country | – | United Kingdom |
| Director | Greta Schiller, Robert Rosenberg | Stephen Bennett |
| Main cast | Allen Ginsberg, Rita Mae Brown, Red Jordan Arobateau, Ann Bannon, Lisa Ben | Jonah Hauer-King, Heather Morris, Anna Próchniak, Gary Sokolov, George Halasz |
Synopsis
Before Stonewall
New York City's Stonewall Inn is regarded by many as the site of gay and lesbian liberation since it was at this bar that drag queens fought back against police June 27-28, 1969. This documentary uses extensive archival film, movie clips and personal recollections to construct an audiovisual history of the gay community before the Stonewall riots.
The Tattooist's Son: Journey to Auschwitz
Filmed in Melbourne, Slovakia, and Poland, this poignant and intimate one-off documentary will follow Gary Sokolov, the only son of Gita and Lali Sokolov (one of the real-life tattooists of Auschwitz). Their incredible love story began when they met and fell in love as Slovakian Jewish prisoners at Auschwitz Concentration Camp, where the Nazi regime systematically murdered over a million Jews. The film will chart Gary’s first visit to this most…
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