In celebration of Gay Pride Month

Pride

British, Drama/Comedy, 2014, Rated R for language and brief sexual content, 120 minutes. Directed by Matthew Warchus. Written by Stephen Beresford. Music by Christopher Nightingale. Stars Bill Nighy, Imelda Staunton, and Paddy Considine. Winner of award for Best British Independent Film. 

It’s the summer of 1984. In Britain, Conservative Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, is in power, and the National Union of Mineworkers is on strike. A London-based group of gay and lesbian activists raise money to support the strikers’ families but are rebuffed by the Union, at first.  The activist group subsequently finds a tiny mining village in Wales to make their donation, in person. The Welsh miners are in for alot of surprises. 

The strike drags on, and the two groups, whose contact began with hostility and derision from the union, discover just how much they really have in common, humanly.  PRIDE is an uplifting drama that is shot through with funny and poignant lessons about human solidarity and standing together for justice.

Doors open at 6:30p.m. for light refreshments.  Co-sponsored by the Brandywine Peace Community.  People are invited to a short after film discussion.