Pride, the award-winning movie is a true story about lesbian and gay people who helped Welsh families in the 1984 miners’ strike.
FOR ITS USA release, the distributor photoshopped out all references to gay and lesbian people on the DVD cover.
The film’s original artwork has a photo of activists on a march. But on the American DVD cover, a sign saying “Lesbians & gays support the miners” has been digitally removed from the photo and the synopsis refers to the film’s protagonists as ‘London-based activists’ pretending the generous people in the film, who helped raise the money for the miners weren’t gay and lesbian as if it’s something to be ashamed of.
Over the last few days CBS Films has come under intense pressure at their attempt to “straight-wash” the LGBT content of the film and following a flurry of international media coverage, have issued a statement saying they are “Looking into” what has happened.
Allout.com the campaigning website are organising a petition to deliver to CBS films tomorrow, Friday, January explaining that this rewriting of history is wrong and dangerous as it feeds anti-gay attitudes.
To sign the petition calling on CBS to change the cover back and honour the pivitol role lesbian and gay people played in this story, click here:
Pride, the award-winning movie is a true story about lesbian and gay people who helped Welsh families in the 1984 miners’ strike.
FOR ITS USA release, the distributor photoshopped out all references to gay and lesbian people on the DVD cover.
The film’s original artwork has a photo of activists on a march. But on the American DVD cover, a sign saying “Lesbians & gays support the miners” has been digitally removed from the photo and the synopsis refers to the film’s protagonists as ‘London-based activists’ pretending the generous people in the film, who helped raise the money for the miners weren’t gay and lesbian as if it’s something to be ashamed of.
Over the last few days CBS Films has come under intense pressure at their attempt to “straight-wash” the LGBT content of the film and following a flurry of international media coverage, have issued a statement saying they are “Looking into” what has happened.
Allout.com the campaigning website are organising a petition to deliver to CBS films tomorrow, Friday, January explaining that this rewriting of history is wrong and dangerous as it feeds anti-gay attitudes.
To sign the petition calling on CBS to change the cover back and honour the pivitol role lesbian and gay people played in this story, click here: