Film Screening
HOME MANCHESTER
Wednesday 12 March, 6.15 - 8.00pm
Film Screening + Post-Screening Discussion: Reframing AIDS (Pratibha Parmar, 1987, 35mins) and Video 28 (Vera Productions, 1988, 20mins), followed by a discussion and Q&A with Monica Pearl (University of Manchester), Jackie Stacey (University of Manchester) and Joshua Val Martin (IAP:MCR)
Images: Vera Productions, Video 28
​Join us for a screening of two films foregrounding the campaigning spirit and activism of feminist protest in 1980s UK. Combining archival footage, interviews, and media clips Pratibha Parmar’s Reframing AIDS (1987) and Vera Productions Video 28 (1988) explore the histories of widespread collective movements around the slow government response to the AIDS crisis, and Section 28 of the Local Government Act which prohibited ‘the promotion of homosexuality’. A post-screening discussion with Jackie Stacey, Monica Pearl and Joshua Val Martin will bring first hand experiences with AIDS activism and protest against Section 28 into dialogue with current debates about the fight against ongoing oppression.
This event is co-sponsored by IAP:MCR, The University of Manchester and HOME. This is one of a series of film screenings accompanying the Women in Revolt! Art and Activism in the UK 1970-1990 exhibition currently touring from Tate Britain and on view at Whitworth Gallery 7 March – 1 June 2025.
