The Lavender Scare (2019)
Thousands lost their jobs. Some lost their lives. A courageous few fought back.
At the height of the Cold War, President Eisenhower deems homosexuals to be security risks. A vicious witch hunt ensues, ruining thousands of American lives.
- Date of release
- 2019-06-07
- TMDB
- 5.6 / 10 (7)
- Runtime
- 1h 17m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Josh Howard
Casting
- Glenn Close — Narrator (voice)
- Joan Cassidy — Self (archive footage)
- David Hyde Pierce — Dr. Franklin E. Kameny (voice)
- T. R. Knight — Drew Ference (voice)
- Joseph McCarthy — Self (archive footage)
- Cynthia Nixon — Madeleine Tress (voice)
- Zachary Quinto — Dennis Flinn (voice)
- David K. Johnson — Self
- Lillian Faderman — Self
- John D'Emilio — Self
- Bartley A. Fugler — Self
- Victor Ference — Self
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