The American release DVD cover for the film Pride has removed any reference to the fact it involves a group of gay activists. The movie is about gay and lesbian Londoners who raised cash for and rallied with striking miners in the 1980s. Pink News reports the US DVD cover “makes a number of shocking changes, entirely removing homosexuality from the story”. The film’s original synopsis clearly states “It’s the summer of 1984, Margaret Thatcher is in power and the National Union of Mineworkers is on strike, prompting a London-based group of gay and lesbian activists to raise money to support the strikers’ families.” The US version says: “It’s the summer of 1984 and much of blue-collar Great Britain is on strike. For one tiny Welsh village, the strike brings unexpected visitors – a group of London-based activists who decide to raise money to support strikers’ families and want to make their donations in person.” Pink News says a picture on the back cover of the Sony and CBS Pictures release has been digitally altered to remove a sign stating ‘Lesbians
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First published: Saturday, 3rd January 2015 - 10:12am