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LGBT History Month
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WE WERE HERE
MILK
MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE
WEEKEND
LGBT
History Month
A short season of films marking Lesbian
Gay Bisexual Trans History Month.
For information on other events during
February, go to lgbthistorymonth.org.uk
We Were Here
Fri 3 to Sun 5 Feb
David Weissman • USA 2011 • 1h30m • Digibeta • 15
Documentary
The first film to take a deep and reflective look back at the
arrival of AIDS, We Were Here focuses on a small number
of interviewees, all of whom lived in San Francisco before
the epidemic hit in the early 1980s. The stories they tell
are not only intensely personal, but also address the
much larger political and sexual complexities of that era.
Though this is a San Francisco-based story, the issues it
addresses extend not only beyond San Francisco but also
beyond AIDS itself. It speaks to our societal relationship to
death and illness, our capacity as individuals to rise to the
occasion, and the importance of community in addressing
unimaginable crises.
The Times of Harvey Milk
Tue 7 Feb at 6.00pm
Rob Epstein • USA 1984 • 1h30m • Digibeta • 15 • Documentary
Rob Epstein’s Oscar-winning documentary about the first
openly gay man to be elected to a prominent political
position in California. Epstein focuses on Milk’s brief
political career and structures the film as a contrast between
the outspoken flamboyant crusader for human rights and
freedom, and his quiet assassin Dan White, described as a
conservative all-American working class guy.
Milk
Thu 9 Feb at 6.00pm
Gus Van Sant • USA 2008 • 2h8m • 15 – Contains strong
language and sex references
Cast: Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin, Diego Luna, James Franco.
This superb biopic, with a brilliant performance from Sean
Penn at its centre, covers the final years of Harvey Milk’s
life, starting when he leaves New York for San Francisco.
He faces bigotry based on his sexual orientation, but
responds with serious action, spearheading a campaign
of activism that organises the gay community into a group
with genuine financial strength – a strength that Milk
translates into political muscle.
TICKETDEALS
See any three (or more) films in this season and get 15% off
These packages are available online, in person and on the
phone, on both full price and concession price tickets.
Tickets must all be bought at the same time.
My Beautiful Laundrette
Sat 18 Feb & Sun 19 Feb at 3.45pm
Stephen Frears • UK 1985 • 1h37m • 35mm • 15
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Gordon Warnecke, Saeed Jaffrey, Roshan
Seth, Shirley Anne Field.
Omar (Gordon Warnecke) is sent by his widower father
to work for his adulterous wheeler-dealer uncle (Saeed
Jaffrey). Omar grasps the opportunity to manage his uncle’s
dilapidated laundrette with the intention of turning it into a
glittering palace of commercial success. When he employs
boyhood friend and ex-National Front member Johnny
(Daniel Day-Lewis) they become lovers as well as working
partners. However, complications soon arise, as the anger
of Johnny’s discarded fascist gang begins to build and Omar
is forced to face increasingly difficult family issues.
Weekend
Sat 25 & Sun 26 Feb at 3.45pm
Andrew Haigh • UK 2011 • 1h37m • Digital projection
18 – Contains strong sex, sex references and hard drug use
Cast: Tom Cullen, Chris New.
Writer-director Andrew Haigh’s account of an intense
Friday-to-Sunday affair is a moving and intelligent
romance. After a casual Friday night dinner with his straight
friends, the semi-closeted Russell sets off for a gay club.
Feeling that his life needs to be kick-started, he hooks up
with Glen, a feisty, artsy type. The intended one night
stand develops into something more, and the two continue
on through the weekend, hanging out in bars, having sex,
taking drugs and telling endless stories as they get to know
each other better. But the end is already in sight, since
Glen is about to leave for America.