Thomas Iorio Stonewall Vets video recordings, 1994-1996

Iorio shoots footage of Thanksgiving gathering including Gretchen and family, featuring dinner preparation and card-playing

Iorio films the Stonewall Rebellion Veterans Association at the 1995 New York City Pride parade.

Randy Wicker films the 1995 Pride Parade in New York City. Later in the video, Wicker films a birthday party after the parade ends.

Randy Wicker films the 1995 Pride Parade in New York City, including an interview with Queen Allyson Ann Allante about Marsha P. Johnson.

A recording of the 1994 film Nobody Loves Me / Keiner liebt mich, directed by Doris Dörrie.

Thomas Iorio and friends are recorded celebrating Iorio's birthday.

Gretchen and Walter film street scenes at the 1995 New York City Pride parade.

A recording of the Wigstock 1995 concert event, featuring various drag performances

A recording of Sylvia Rivera and her neighbors on the West Side piers.

Iorio films Sylvia Rivera talking about her life on the West Side piers and introducing the other members of the community on the piers. Randy Wicker serves as an interviewer to both Sylvia and her neighbors.

Iorio films Sylvia Rivera at the West Side piers. Around 50 minutes in, Randy Wicker joins Iorio and they travel to see Rivera together.

A group of Stonewall vets including Williamson Lee Henderson and Stephen Van Cline visit locations around New York City which are important to the gay liberation movement. Later, they meet up with Sylvia Rivera on the Christopher Street piers.

Iorio films Stephen Van Cline in New York City while Stephen shops for an outfit to wear at an upcoming Copacabana Ball. Van Cline occasionally films Iorio himself.

Iorio gets dressed up for a ball, explaining his approach to wearing drag while Stephen Van Cline operates the camera. The second half documents the Copacabana Ball including dancing and live music.

A recording of a Stonewall Rebellion Veterans Association meeting including Williamson Lee Henderson, Sylvia Rivera, and Stephen Van Cline.

A recording of a Stonewall Rebellion Veterans Association meeting including Williamson Lee Henderson, Sylvia Rivera, and Stephen Van Cline.

The first few minutes of footage feature Iorio filming inside his home, followed by preparations for the annual Halloween party down Sixth Avenue. Iorio accompanies several Stonewall Vets to the parade, documenting the Stonewall Vets Association car in transit.

A taping of the Roving Report news program covering the following topics: sex trafficking of children in the Philippines, a fever outbreak in Nicaragua, Greenpeace, and an anniversary remembrance of the Irish famine.

Iorio films Stephen Van Cline, Sylvia Rivera, and Williamson Lee Henderson watching a news report about the commemoration of the Stonewall rebellion. Later in the recording, Rivera leaves while Van Cline and Henderson discuss topics related to Stonewall Veterans.

Iorio interviews Stephen Van Cline about his life in his New Jersey office. Later, Van Cline moves beside a fireplace and answers questions.

Iorio meets Sylvia Rivera on a snowy day and films her as they walk around New York City. Rivera describes her life, her work with unhoused gay and transgender youth, and Marsha P. Johnson. The final ten minutes capture a conversation between Iorio and a friend about George H. W. Bush and the 1996 presidential race.

Recording is a montage of New York City street scenes.

Iorio films a dancer performing a striptease, followed by drag performers singing and lip-syncing. Iorio later interviews performers about the meaning of drag and the shows they host. The video ends with Iorio walking around a nightclub documenting the interiors.

Iorio interviews Williamson Lee Henderson about his life, the Stonewall Rebellion, and the legacy of the Stonewall Rebellion Veterans Association.

The first fifteen minutes of footage features various locations around New York City, most of which is silent. Starting at 15:40, Iorio films a panel discussion between several members of the Stonewall Rebellion Veterans Association (SVA).

Sylvia Rivera takes Iorio on a tour of the piers where she lived and had recently been cleared out by city regulation and urban renewal construction. The footage features interviews with other unhoused New Yorkers speaking about how the community at the West Side piers, as well as footage of New York police and city officials clearing out the piers.

Bob Storm interviews Thomas Iorio for the WBAI program Out-FM about LGBT culture. They discuss Iorio's video documentation of unhoused gay communities.

Iorio films a group of men preparing for the 1996 Pride Parade. Preparations include dress-making and discussions of fashion and accessories.

Iorio films behind the scenes at a Pride event, interviewing Heritage of Pride organizers, documenting speeches, and following Ivon and Sylvia Rivera. Ivon reflects on being a performer and on the Stonewall Rebellion.

Content from one of the two tapes was not digitized with rest of collection in 2020 due to poor condition of Hi-8 tape.

A documentary by Thomas Iorio about the Stonewall Rebellion Veterans Association and the Stonewall Rebellion. The film is comprised of edited footage from other items in this collection.

This content was not digitized with rest of collection in 2020 due to poor condition of Hi-8 tapes.

Iorio interviews Queen Allyson Ann Allante about her favorite music and her routines at the Stonewall. The rest of the footage is a montage of Allante performing in various locations.

Episode 1 "Outrage" of the documentary "The Question of Equality". Features interviews with Randy Wicker and Sylvia Rivera about the lead-up to the Stonewall Rebellion. The video also covers the tumultuous period in the years following Stonewall. Produced by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Unlabeled ZIP disk. An attempt to read contents in 2020 was unsuccessful.