And speaking of The Thatcher … director Matthew Warchus returns to the never-ending-wrong of her reign – the attack on the National Union of Mineworkers. The other great film on this subject, The Battle of Orgreave (2001) is a documentary re-enactment staged by Jeremy Deller and filmed by Mike Figgis, but Pride is a dramatization from the heart, countering many of the official historical lies about the Miners’ Strike as it tells the story of a brave posse of gay and lesbian activists who organized their own support and defence of the miners by realising that The Thatcher was their common enemy and had to be fought. They organised a bus load of gays and lesbians, both brave and timid and set off for the Welsh village of Onllwyn in the Dulais Valley where local villagers led by a cast of stars like Bill Nighy and Imelda Staunton among other excellent actors welcome them into their struggle. This is a stand up and cheer film not to be missed.Q&A Mike Jackson LGSM and Pride screenwriter. Dir: Matthew Warchus/UK France/2014/110 minutes