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Friday, January 9, 2015
PRIDE (2014)
It's the summer of 1984 in the UK, where under Thatcher not only is the gay and lesbian community feeling oppressed and abused, but so are miners after Thatcher's closing of the pits. The miners are striking, their families starving, and when gay activist Mark Ashton (Ben Schnetzer) decides the LGBT community should show solidarity with the miners - themselves knowing discrimination first-hand - he forms a group, Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners, that actually finds very little support within the blue collar mining communities. That is, until a small village in Wales (much to the distress of a number of its small-minded citizens) accepts their help, the LGSM group heading north to support a community that has never even seen their kind ... much less support them. Pride is a marvel; a funny, touching, beautiful, must-see film about people - just PEOPLE - and how, in the end, we are at our best when not only accepting of each other, but ourselves. A pure joy. (rated R)A+ PRIDE trailer
I am THRILLED you love this! As you possibly feel about some Korean films - protective, almost - so I feel about this film. I wasn't sure how you, an American, would find the British politics / groups / accents, but you clearly coped and the message of the film came across loud and clear. It's one of my favourite films of the year - and my daughter's - so I'm delighted that it's up for a BAFTA Award AND, even better, you got to see it and love it! Great review
It's a new one to me, I have to admit. But some good names in it and I do like the sound of it. I think it is my sort of film. A need to be watched film I think! Good review. Mary
I am THRILLED you love this! As you possibly feel about some Korean films - protective, almost - so I feel about this film. I wasn't sure how you, an American, would find the British politics / groups / accents, but you clearly coped and the message of the film came across loud and clear. It's one of my favourite films of the year - and my daughter's - so I'm delighted that it's up for a BAFTA Award AND, even better, you got to see it and love it! Great review
ReplyDeleteIt's a new one to me, I have to admit. But some good names in it and I do like the sound of it. I think it is my sort of film. A need to be watched film I think! Good review. Mary
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