THURSDAY 4TH June 2015

Pride (2014) (15)

with Special Q&A with Mike Jackson

Based on a true events, Pride is an extraordinary story of U.K. gay activists who work to help miners during their lengthy strike of the National Union of Mineworkers in the summer of 1984 developing in an unlikely alliance between two different communities.

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Directed by Matthew Warchus. Starring Bill Nighy, Dominic West, Joseph Gilgun and Paddy Considine

About the Speaker: Mike Jackson left Accrington for London in 1970 aged just 16 in search of a new career. He went on to become a founding member of the Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) group and is depicted in Pride by Joseph Gilgun (Harry Brown, Emmerdale, Misfits).

SATURDAY 6TH JUNE 2015

Matilda (1996) (PG)

Family Film Event

Adaption from one of many famous Roald Dahl children’s books, Matilda is a magical story about a smart little girl who is eager to learn. Her insensitive parents send her to a school run by Miss Trunchbull, a cruel authoritarian that loathes children. Matilda befriends her schoolteacher, Miss Honey who soon recognises the full extent of Matilda’s powers.

Directed by Danny DeVito. Starring Mara Wilson, Danny DeVito and Pam Ferris

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SATURDAY 6TH JUNE 2015

Sideways (2004) (15)

with Wine & Cheese Tasting event

A week before the marriage of his best friend, a frustrated writer and divorced English teacher Miles Raymond travels to the wine country of California to spend a week with his best friend Jack. Along their journey they spend time with Maya and Stephanie, deliberate over the scent of wine, sharing secrets and falling in love.