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Film tells story of solidarity between gay activists, striking miners
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http://www.workdayminnesota.org/articles/film-tells-story-solidarity-between-gay-activists-striking-miners
RIDE tells the story of an extraordinary alliance between gay activists and striking coal miners in the 1980s. Photo courtesy of cbsfilms.com
Film tells story of solidarity between gay activists, striking miners
By Barb Kucera, Workday Minnesota
October 13, 2014
LOS ANGELES
PRIDE, a film inspired by an extraordinary true story, is being screened in the Twin Cities at the Edina Cinema.
It’s the summer of 1984, Margaret Thatcher is in power in Great Britain and the National Union of Mineworkers is on strike. A London-based group of gay and lesbian activists sees similarities between how the strikers are being treated and the bullying they must endure – and decides to raise money to support the strikers’ families.
Initially rebuffed by the union, the group identifies a tiny mining village in Wales and sets off to make their donation in person. The resulting encounters are both emotional and humorous.
As the strike drags on, the two groups discover the power of solidarity.
FULL story at link.
