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Once a Year on Blackpool Sands (2021)
Directed by Karlton Parris
Overview
A moving comedy-drama about the love, identity and courage of the LGBTQ community during the first walk towards Gay Pride in 1950s England. Based on the real-life events of Yorkshire coal miners and secret gay lovers, Tommy and Eddy, who spend their annual week holiday at a quirky B & B in Blackpool, along with a few other alternative members of society – the transgender Mr. Elbridge, the ex-show girl Red Ethel and the eccentric owner Gladys and her flirty daughter Maureen.
Length 105 minutes
Actors
Kyle Brookes | Macaulay Cooper | Wendy Laurence James | Elizabeth Coombs | Linda Clark | Dominic McCavish | Joel McVeagh | Julia Haworth | Michał Szpak | Steven Arnold | Tony Richardson | Vicki Glover | Laura Ellen Wilson | Charlie Price