Name
Rivera, Sylvia, 1951-2002 (Speaker)
Iorio, Thomas (Speaker,Filmmaker)
Title
Sylvia Leaving Piers, Tom' Tape
Abstract
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
Collection Name
Thomas Iorio Stonewall Vets video recordings
Archival Context
Thomas Iorio Stonewall Vets video recordings. Box no. OHAC C14
Subjects
Gay activists; Political activists; Homeless persons; Homelessness--Government policy; Gentrification; Transgender people; New York (N.Y.)
Format
video recordings
Genre
Amateur films
Date
April 2, 1996
Physical Description
1 video file (86 minutes)
Note
Original format: Hi8
Language
English
Library Location
Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-3p22-j298