Pits and Perverts

‘Packed with terrific performances, Pride is a warm, faithful and mostly generous retelling of a quirky and intriguing historical event.’ Alex von Tunzelmann, Guardian

I cried all the way through. Reminders of the miners’ strike of 1984-5 always make me cry. They bring back the evil at the heart of government in the 1980s.

‘While many of those who inspired the film attended its recent premiere, Mark Ashton was absent. He died in 1987 of an Aids-related illness at the age of just 26. But now the film has sparked a surge of interest in his political activism. A memorial fund in his memory has received donations of more than £10,000 since the film's release this month.’ Jamie Doward, Observer