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Tuesday, 06 June
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Film Schemes
Pride
We're celebrating #PrideMonth with a line-up of fantastic films that celebrate and educate, available to watch on a variety of platforms. From comedy to drama, documentary to short films there's something for everyone... So what are we waiting for? Let's get watching!
Pride (2014)
15 | 1 Hr 59 Mins | Biography/Comedy
In 1984, with Margaret Thatcher and the Conservative Party in power, a group of lesbian and gay activists, led by Mark Ashton, find unlikely allies in a collective of Welsh miners taking industrial action following pit closures.
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Moonlight (2016)
15 | 1 Hr 51 Mins | Drama
A coming-of-age drama that presents the childhood, adolescence and early adult life of Chiron, born to a drug-addicted single mother in Miami and facing difficulties with his sexuality and identity. His first role model is the Afro-Cuban drug dealer Juan, who takes pity on the bullied youth.
My Summer of Love (2004)
15 | 1 Hr 26 Mins | Drama
Drama charting the unlikely friendship that develops over the course of a summer between working-class Mona (Natalie Press) and well-to-do Tamsin (Emily Blunt).
Two of Us (2019)
12 | 1 Hr 31 Mins | Romance
A romantic drama about two 70-something women who've been secret lovers for decades, and the difficulty one of them has coming out to her adult kids. (In French/subs)
Iris Prize 2022: Queer Youth (2022)
1 Hr 8 Mins | Short films
A compilation of six films nominated for the 2022 Iris Prize for Best British Short. In this collection, six films explore the challenges faced by those growing up queer.
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Alaska is a Drag (2017)
15 | 1 Hr 23 Mins | Drama
Tormented by bullies, an aspiring drag star working at an Alaskan cannery becomes a skilled fighter and is tapped for competition by a boxing coach.
All in My Family (2019)
12 | 40 Mins | Documentary
After starting a family of his very own in America, a gay filmmaker documents his loving, traditional Chinese family's process of acceptance.
Love, Simon (2018)
12 | 1 Hr 51 Mins | Comedy
Love, Simon is a US comedy drama in which a closeted gay teenager falls for his anonymous email pen pal.
Howard (2020)
PG | 1 Hr 35 Mins | Documentary
The story of songwriter Howard Ashman who penned the lyrics for Little Shop of Horrors, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, and Beauty and the Beast before he died of AIDS at the height of the AIDS crisis in 1991.
Tucked (2018)
15 | 1 Hr 21 Mins | Comedy/Drama
Tucked is a raw and tender drama about an ageing eighty-year-old drag queen who forms an unlikely friendship with a younger queen, both struggling with their own issues of gender identity & mortality. As they discover more about each other, they realise how to truly be themselves.
Tell it to the Bees (2019)
15 | 1 Hr 47 Mins | Romance
In 1950s Scotland, a village doctor (Anna Paquin) develops a secret relationship with a single mother (Holliday Grainger) that will scandalize the town.
Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! (2006)
1 Hr 19 Mins | Biography/Comedy
Martyn Hesford's comedy-drama about the life and times of tortured comic Kenneth Williams based on his diaries. Starring Michael Sheen and Cheryl Campbell.
Where: BBC 4.
When: Tuesday 27th June.
Start time: 9pm.
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