Gay Pioneers (2001)

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Tiempo de ejecución : 27M

Director : Glenn Holsten

Sinopsis

A look back at one of the first homosexual civil rights demonstrations in the US. July 4th 1965 in Philadelphia

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Glenn Holsten
Glenn Holsten
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41 segundos
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