In a decade when a degree of homophobia was the norm, LGSM drove a couple of minibuses from Hackney Community Transport and a clapped-out VW camper van to a bleak mining town in South Wales to present their donations, uncertain what sort of welcome to expect. The events that unfolded said a lot about what it means to be empathetic, to overcome dissent and face common enemies: Thatcher, the tabloids, the police. They told a story about solidarity.
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Persistent Vision : Pride (2014)
August 4, 2023 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
The story of miners in the Dulais valley in South Wales during the 1984-5 strike – the longest in British history – and a gay and lesbian group from London that donated more money (£11,000 by December 1984) to their cause than any other fundraiser in the UK, along with a minibus emblazoned with the logo LGSM: Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners.
Release date: 12 September 2014 (UK)
Director: Matthew Warchus
Screenplay: Stephen Beresford
This event has been organised in association with True Colours of Lowestoft to coincide with the Lowestoft Pride Event on Saturday 5th August organised by Lowestoft Town Council .
The screening is supported by Creative Arts East