CANCELLED – Misbehaviour (12A)
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO THE CURRENT SITUATION WITH THE COVID-19 VIRUS
Misbehaviour (12A)
In 1970, the Miss World competition took place in London, hosted by US comedy legend, Bob Hope. At the time, Miss World was the most-watched TV show on the planet with over 100 million viewers. Claiming that beauty competitions demeaned women, the newly formed Women’s Liberation Movement achieved overnight fame by invading the stage and disrupting the live broadcast of the competition. Not only that, when the show resumed, the result caused uproar: the winner was not the Swedish favourite but Miss Grenada, the first black woman to be crowned Miss World. In a matter of hours, a global audience had witnessed the patriarchy driven from the stage and the Western ideal of beauty turned on its head
Fri 27 March – Thu 2 April
Director: Philippa Lowthorpe | 106m | 2019 | UK
Fri 18:30; Sat 20:45; Sun 20:45; Mon 20:45; Tue 13:00, 18:15; Wed 18:15; Thu 18:30