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Dir: Stephen Frears (UK 1985. 97 mins) with Saeed Jaffrey, Daniel Day-Lewis & Gordon Warnecke. Pakistani wheeler dealer Nasser sets up ambitious Omar in a rundown launderette and with the help of childhood friend ex-National Fronter Johnny Omar spruces the place up and turns business round. Tensions over race, homosexuality and the drive for personal wealth in Thatcher's Britain threaten the couple from every quarter, however. (In association with LGBT history month)
Key note speaker Professor Gill Valentine. Professor Gill Valentine has an international reputation for theoretically informed empirical work that is methodologically innovative and has popular and policy impacts. Her research interests include social identities, citizenship and belonging, children and parenting, consumption cultures (especially in relation to food and drink) and research methods. Gill has been awarded research grants and contracts from Research Councils, charities, Government Departments, and non-governmental organisations to a value of over £ 1 million. [http://www.leeds.ac.uk/family/members/valentine.htm](accessed 18/11/2009)
