Over the past five years, RUFUS STONE has
been viewed in academic, community
and sevice provider settings throughout the U.K. Uploaded to the Internet for
just over a year, the film was viewed on line by more that 12 thousand viewers
in 150 countries. It has won
serveral film festival awards and was shortlisted for the AHRC Anniversary
Prize in 2015.
The three-year research project behind the film’s success was
part of the New Dynamics Programme of ageing in 21st Century Britain, supported
by Research Councils UK. This event will hallmark this achievement and continue
the film’s impact in the wider community.
We expect the gala event to atract an audience of the film’s
cast and crew members, past participants in the research project, community
workers and service providers, and a range of citizens, young and old, gay and straight, with an interest in
LGBT history and the contributions that the film has made to myriad diversity
efforts. Whether you have seen the film before, or this
will be the first time on a large theatre screen, you will enjoy the occasion.