Order a free link to watch GRILLS in your own home until 12 July, then come to our next LGBTQIA+ meeting to discuss it
GRILLS: Digital is a Film Screening in your own home as part of our LGBTQIA+ Group.
Please register if you would like us to email you a free link to watch GRILLS in your own home. You will have access to the stream on demand at any time until 12 July.
This is the first time we are offering this kind of activity. Please note that GMCDP is not responsible for the film content or accessibilty. We welcome your feedback about this screening.
We will include this as a discussion topic in our next LGBTQIA+ Disabled meeting on Thursday 17 July. Please book your place for this meeting separately: https://gmcdp.com/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=473
About GRILLS:
"Grills is a new word I learned yesterday. It's a substitute for girls and I much prefer it."
Step back in time to the 80s, where a vibrant community blossomed at the Camden Lesbian Centre & Black Lesbian Group (CLCBLG). Despite Thatcher’s discriminating regime and public protests, this committed group of lesbians came together to protest, party, and create space to exist as their true selves. In the early 90s, funding became unsustainable and the CLCBLG - a safe haven for so many - had to close its doors.
But why have we never heard of it?!
For starters, the centre’s archives were moved over 400 miles away to Glasgow…
Self-proclaimed queer nerds Vall, Bee, Jaz and Mo delve into the archives of the Camden Lesbian Centre & Black Lesbian Group and take you back to the 80s - to double denim, landlines, and Sony Walkmans.
A textured show, weaving the past & the present, the analogue & the digital, and the joys & frustrations of queer community. GRILLS confronts the parallels of the 80s and 2024: the rise of fascism, the policing of LGBTQIA+ rights, and the continuous closing of essential community spaces.
GRILLS asks:
How do we progress if we struggle to connect with our elders and can’t learn from our past?
Can we imagine a future where LGBTQIA+ & Global Majority voices are truly seen & heard?
And what really happened at ‘Camden Dykes Get Your Claws Out’?"
Accessibility:
- Flashing Lights, Loud Noises
- Captioned Performance
Running Time: 75 mins (1 hour 15 minutes)
Content Notice: Themes of violence, transphobia, micro-aggressions, racism and homophobia.
Suitable for ages 14+
GMCDP Membership:
GMCDP is a membership organisation, and our members are at the centre of everything we do. You do not have to be a GMCDP member to partiicpate in this event, but you are welcome to join GMCDP for free - you can join here and you will get newsletters roughly every 2 weeks to keep you up to date with what we are doing, and how you can get involved.