Event

Take two legendary co-stars, a rip-roaring boys’ own story, a fearless director and an eventful location shoot in Zaire and Uganda and you get The African Queen – John Huston’s classic adventure movie…

Introduced by Imelda Staunton
1984 – Margaret Thatcher is in power and the National Union of Mineworkers is on strike. At the Gay Pride March in London, a group of gay and lesbian activists decides to raise money to support the families of the striking miners.

Marcel Pagnol’s generation-spanning story continues with Jean de Florette’s daughter Manon (Emmanuelle Béart)