Pride

In 1984 20 yr old closet homosexual Joe hesitantly arrives in London from Bromley for his first Gay Pride march and is taken below the collective wing of a set of gay men and Lesbian Steph, who meet at flamboyant Jonathan and his Welsh partner Gethin’s Soho bookshop. Not handiest are gays being threatened by means of Thatcher however the miners are on strike in response to her pit closures and Northern Irish activist Mark Ashton believes gays and miners have to display solidarity. Almost by using twist of fate a mini-bus complete of gays discover themselves inside the Welsh village of Onllwyn within the Dulais valley and through their sincere fund raising and Jonathan’s nifty disco actions persuade most of the community that they’re at the equal side. When a bigot attempts to sabotage the partnership with a tabloid smear Mark turns it again on her with a hugely a hit benefit live performance to which maximum of the villagers, now thoroughly in track with their gay pals, flip up. The miners are defeated and return to work however at the Pride march the following 12 months a extensive contingent of miners show up to repay their comrades with their display of assist. tt3169706