What is the difference between a riot and an uprising

Documentary Film Assessment: Stonewall Uprising

Watch the film Stonewall Uprising

Answer the assessment questions for the film.

Questions

What is the difference between a riot and an uprising?

What were the police directed to do? How did the police feel about what they were doing?

How was the Stonewall uprising covered by the media? Why are there so few surviving images and no film footage of the Stonewall riots?

Do you think people’s ages affected their opinions and actions at Stonewall? Was there a generation gap between the protestors and those in a position of authority?

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