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Tipping The Velvet |
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5:30 pm
Regal South Beach
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photo: BBC Worldwide |
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Directed by Geoff Sax
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British television has not shirked from developing program ideas that address us as lesbian, gay, transgender and bisexual viewers. In past festivals MGLFF has presented premieres of "Queer As Folk", "Metrosexuality" and "Bob & Rose", and this year we are delighted to present the 3-part BBC mini series Tipping the Velvet, from the acclaimed novel by Sarah Waters, faithfully adapted by Andrew Davies, BBC2's highest-rated program of 2002 (watched by 5 million viewers!) Set in Victorian England in the 1890s, Tipping the Velvet is a colorful, gutsy, passionate, erotic, gender-bending love story about Nan Astley (Rachael Stirling), an oyster girl from Whitstaple whose crush and passion for Kitty (Keely Hawes), a popular cross dressing music hall star, takes Nan on a journey from the beaches of Southern England to the heart of London's West End where she joins Kitty as a male impersonator on the vaudeville stage. In an era where love between women is clandestine, it is inevitable that difficult choices have to be made. Abandoned by Kitty, Nan takes to the streets in her survival guise as soldier boy. Spotted and picked up by a wealthy widow, Nan is drawn into a luxurious world populated by predatory lesbian socialites seeking debauchery, sex and spectacle. Fleeing from servitude/sex-slavery, Nan searches for Florence, a sympathetic socialist campaigning for rights for women and the working class. Initially mistrustful, Florence develops a strong bond with Nan that blossoms into real and lasting love.
Tipping The Velvet will have its US broadcast premiere over three consecutive nights on BBC America beginning Friday, May 23rd at 10:00 pm ET, 7:00 pm PT. Watch Tipping The Velvet in this special advance preview and have the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to meet actor Rachael Stirling, who will attend the screening and discuss her role with the audience.
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