The film is being presented by Newcastle Uni Science Screen and will feature a post-film panel discussion with researchers and experts from Newcastle University.

Pride is a 2014 comedy drama film, based on a true story, about a group of U.K. lesbian and gay activists who work to help miners during their lengthy strike of the National Union of Mineworkers in the summer of 1984.

This much-loved, passionate and highly acclaimed film not only features a stella cast of British actors (Bill Nighy, Paddy Considine,Imelda Staunton,Dominic West,Andrew Scott,Monica Dolan,Jessica Dunning, Joseph Gilgun) - it also features a cracking sound track of mid-eighties pop classics.