Next Saturday, 29th April, at 2pm there will be a special screening of Bill Douglas’s masterpiece ‘Comrades’ at Exeter Phoenix. The screening will be introduced by Bill’s lifelong friend and collaborator Peter Jewell and marks the 20th anniversary of the opening of The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum, the accession by the University of Bill Douglas’s working papers and the 30th anniversary of the original release of the film. The film; a poor man’s epic’ tells the story of the Tolpuddle Marytrs and features early performances by well-known actors such as Imelda Staunton and Keith Allen.

Booking details are here: http://www.exeterphoenix.org.uk/events/comrades-pg/

Here’s a photo of Bill with the cast, taken on set by David Appleby.