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Are You Proud?
Celebratory yet reflective documentary charting the LGBTQ+ movement's momentous journey towards equality.
Documentary 2018 96 mins
Director: Ashley Joiner
Overview
Combining rare archive footage with interviews from leading campaigners, Are You Proud? charts the LGBTQ+ movement's momentous journey towards equality. Celebrating the community’s greatest achievements, the film calls attention to fights both past and present while asking tough questions about the future.
Wit is an effective weapon against prejudice, but Ashley Joiner's film draws from a wider armoury to recount the progress of LGBTQ+ activism in the UK, using archive footage and contemporary testimony to rouse, convince and raise questions.
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