Queer Story Showcase will be at the LGBT Foundation to mark LGBT History Month with a special event themed 'We Are Family' celebrating the family we have and the family we choose - our friends. Starting the event with five marvellous short films exploring the afternoon's theme followed by a screening of documentary Reel In A Closet. In the feature film by Stu Maddox we discover markable footage made by LGBT people of their hidden private lives from the 1930s to the 1980s found lost in archives or on discarded cinefilms at flea markets.

The event will include a performance by poet, playwright and singer Cheryl Martin, and the director of the film Stu Maddox himself is flying in from San Francisco to answer your questions and maybe help you discover that lost film footage in your closet.

People are invited to join this exciting film afternoon featuring many queer stories, have conversations, relax and during the networking break make connections with filmmakers. February’s theme is ‘We Are Family’ inspired by the 1979 hit disco classic from Sister Sledge as we celebrate the fact that a family can come in many forms.

This Queer Film Network tour is supported by the BFI Film Audience Network via Film Hubs in Wales, South West & West Midlands, North West Central and London.

Doors open at 12.45pm

Reel In The Closet trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVV_ZUSO9Cc