There are times when we can look to our past, recent or distant, and learn a lesson.  Those who came before us can set an example, be it good or bad.

One look at the trailer for the movie Pride, about a town realizing how much you can discover about people when you take the time to get to know them, instead of fearing and hating based on assumptions, makes me think this could be one of the most unexpectedly powerful movies of the year.  Perhaps it will open some eyes, and heart.  Three decades later this union could once again make things better for total strangers.

What a concept.

The film’s description is really quite simple:

PRIDE is inspired by an extraordinary true story.  It’s the summer of 1984, Margaret Thatcher is in power and the National Union of Mineworkers is on strike, prompting a London-based group of gay and lesbian activists to raise money to support the strikers’ families.  Initially rebuffed by the Union, the group identifies a tiny mining village in Wales and sets off to make their donation in person.  As the strike drags on, the two groups discover that standing together makes for the strongest union of all.

Directed by Tony Award®-winner Matthew Warchus (God of Carnage) from a screenplay by Stephen Beresford

Starring Bill Nighy (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel), Imelda Staunton (Maleficent), Dominic West (The Hour), Paddy Considine (Submarine), Andrew Scott (Sherlock), Joseph Gilgun (Lockout), George MacKay (How I Live Now) and Ben Schnetzer (Warcraft).

Pride will be in Theaters September 19, 2014