EXCLUSIVE: Australian outfit Bronte Pictures is lining up musical feature film 1978, written by Peter McTighe, whose credits include Doctor Who, A Discovery of Witches, The Rising and The Pact.
The screenplay will take in the key narrative moments in the birth of Sydney’s gay and lesbian Mardi Gras and reimagines them in musical form.
Set in the heart of Kings Cross, the film explores the now infamous riots, community response and the internal conflict within the community leading up to the first Mardi Gras parade.
The project is described to us as a “coming-of-age love story set gainst the backdrop of what would become a major civil rights milestone.” Attracting 500,000 people each year, Sydney Mardi Gras has the largest Pride event in Oceania.
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