Pride (2014)

Based on real events, Pride offers a message of solidarity between oppressed groups, albeit while centring a whiggish narrative of gay rights and evading some of Thatcherism’s consequences.

Left to right: Jeff Cole (Freddie Fox), Mark Ashton (Ben Schnetzer), Steph Chambers (Faye Marsay), Mike Jackson (Joseph Gilgun), Dai Davies (Paddy Considine), and Joe Cooper (George McKay) sit around the table of a London café, discussing the ongoing miners’ strike, in Pride (20th Century Fox).

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This post is part of the ‘Rewound’ series of analyses of objects or episodes from cultural and political history.

Content warnings: Homophobia; Homophobic violence; HIV and AIDS.

Spoiler alert: This analysis of the film Pride and its themes reveals plot details for the purpose of enhancing that analysis.