- Country: USA
- Genres: Documentary
- Release: 2019-06-07
- Director: Josh Howard
- Writers: David K. Johnson
- Language: English
- Stars: David George , Tom Knight , John Piatek , Kevan Rabat , Artie Widgery
- Runtime: 77 min
- Awards: 11 wins & 1 nomination
- AKA: The Lavender Scare (United Kingdom) , The Lavender Scare (Korea) , The Lavender Scare (Germany) , The Lavender Scare (United States of America) , The Lavender Scare
- Plot: With the United States gripped in the panic of the Cold War, President Dwight D. Eisenhower deems homosexuals to be "security risks" and orders the immediate firing of any government employee discovered to be gay or lesbian. It triggers a vicious witch hunt that lasts for forty years and ruins thousands of lives, while thrusting an unlikely hero into the forefront of what would become the modern LGBT rights movement.
- IMDB:tt2891456
The Lavender Scare Cast · · · ALL
Josh Howard
Director
Glenn Close
Narrator (voice)
Joan Cassidy
Herself (archive footage)
David Hyde Pierce
Dr. Franklin E. Kameny (voice)
T.R. Knight
Drew Ference (voice)
Joseph McCarthy
Himself (archive footage)
Cynthia Nixon
Madeleine Tress (voice)
Zachary Quinto
Dennis Flinn (voice)
David K. Johnson
Himself
Lillian Faderman
Herself
John D’Emilio
Himself
Bartley A. Fugler
Himself
Victor Ference
Himself
Franklin Kameny
Himself (archive footage)