Pride (2014 film)
Pride is a 2014 British LGBTrelated historical comedydrama film written by Stephen Beresford and directed by Matthew Warchus. It was screened as part of the Directors Fortnight section of the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Queer Palm award. Writer Stephen Beresford said a stage musical adaptation involving director Matthew Warchus is being planned.
Based on a true story, the film depicts a group of lesbian and gay activists who raised money to help families affected by the British miners strike in 1984, at the outset of what would become the Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners campaign. The National Union of Mineworkers was reluctant to accept the groups support due to the unions public relations worries about being openly associated with a gay group, so the activists instead decided to take their donations directly to Onllwyn, a small mining village in Wales, resulting in an alliance between the two communities. The alliance was unlike any seen before and was ultimately successful.While the film focuses primarily on LGSM, a smaller plot thread is also devoted to the womenonly splinter group Lesbians Against Pit Closures. ........
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