Bodyguard of Lies vs Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria
Bodyguard of Lies 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 30m. 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.
Bodyguard of Lies
Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria| Bodyguard of Lies | Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 4.2/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2005 |
| Length | 1h 30m | 57m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Dan Krauss | Susan Stryker, Victor Silverman |
| Main cast | – | Susan Stryker, Aleshia Brevard, Tamara Ching, Felicia Elizondo, Amanda St. Jaymes |
Synopsis
Bodyguard of Lies
Exposes the tangled web of deception spun by the U.S. government during its 20-year war in Afghanistan, revealing the campaign of lies and misinformation fed to the American public. Through shocking testimonies from government insiders, confidential documents, and private audio recordings of those at the highest levels of the military and elected leadership, this gripping documentary urges a reckoning with the wider implications of government…
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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