Blood will Flow

Just got back from watching Pride, a British film "in the tradition of the Full Monty" and wanted to hop on and say - if you get a chance, go see it. Even if you know nothing about the 1980s because you weren't born then, even if you are completely unaware of the Miners' Strike in the UK and the terrible times they went through, and the strangely primitive world we lived in back then. It's also a scary reminder of how terrible AIDS was back then and how we shouldn't be forgetting about it now.

it's got a stellar cast (Imelda Staunton, Andrew Scott, the ubiquitous Bill Nighy, George MacKay who was in the lovely Sunshine on Leith,), it's well written, it's got humour, good music, real characters and a story that is uplifting, tragic, inspiring and fucking true. I'm still crying now - fuck, so emotional with your happy/sad endings, damn you. And Billy Bragg to sing us out.