In 2017, the BFI marked 50 years since a major landmark in human rights – the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales – with a number of screenings and events at BFI Southbank, on BFI Player and in cinemas across the UK.
Gross Indecency is a season exploring the pioneering – and sometimes problematic – depictions of LGBT life in British film and TV in the years immediately before and after the 1967 Sexual Offences Act.
If you’re a Film Hub Wales member wishing to take part in Gross Indecency, the following films and TV shows have been made available:
Television
All requests for TV titles to Matthew Harle – Matthew.Harle@bfi.org.uk
Play of the Week: South (1959)
On Trial: Oscar Wilde (1960)
Compass: The Importance of Being Oscar (1960)
The Wednesday Play: Horror of Darkness (1965)
This Week: Homosexuals (1964)
This Week: Lesbians (1965)
Man Alive: Consenting Adults 1. The Men (1967)
Man Alive: Consenting Adults 2. The Women (1967)
What’s a Girl Like You… (1969)
The Naked Civil Servant (1975)
World in Action: Quentin Crisp (1970)
Film
Serious Charge (1959) – Park Circus
The World Ten Times Over (1963) – TBC
The Leather Boys (1964) – Indemnity
Dream A40 (1965) – BFI Distribution
Come Dancing (1970) – London Film School
The Killing of Sister George (1968) – Disney USA
Staircase (1969) – Park Circus
Two Gentlemen Sharing (1969) – Park Circus
Black Cap Drag (1969) – Simon McCallum, BFI
Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) – Park Circus
Girl Stroke Boy (1971) – Park Circus
I Want What I Want (1972) – TBC
Nighthawks (1978) – BFI Distribution
For more information about Gross Indecency, please contact megan@filmhubwales.org
BFI Gross Indecency season trailer