Rising Through the Fray vs Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria
Rising Through the Fray 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 28m. 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.
Rising Through the Fray
Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria| Rising Through the Fray | Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 4.2/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2005 |
| Length | 1h 28m | 57m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | Canada | – |
| Director | Courtney Montour | Susan Stryker, Victor Silverman |
| Main cast | – | Susan Stryker, Aleshia Brevard, Tamara Ching, Felicia Elizondo, Amanda St. Jaymes |
Synopsis
Rising Through the Fray
Combining interviews and live cinema, Rising Through the Fray plunges us into the heart of Indigenous Rising Roller Derby, the first international team to bring together Indigenous players from several countries. For Sour Cherry, Krispy, Hawaiian Blaze, and their teammates, the sport becomes much more than a competition. Through it, they find a space for sisterhood, resilience, acceptance, and healing. On camera, they share intimate stories not…
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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