Synopsis

All Out! Dancing in Dulais was made by members of Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) and Lesbians Against Pit Closures during and immediate after the 1984/85 miner's strike which aw the formation of a curious alliance between a plucky group of young homosexuals from London and miners in Dulais Valley.

In Dancing in Dulais, an initial wariness on the part of the young gays, the miners, and the miners' families gives way, through sometimes delicate interactions, to a loving and purposeful solidarity. The video features protest footage, talking head interviews at marches, concerts, and features memorable footage that includes the Blaenant Lodge banner leading the 1985 Lesbian and Gay Pride march and LGSM members struggling with bingo at the local community hall, the film documents the wider political impact of this seemingly unlikely alliance, as a miner comments, "The lesbians and gays have been super-duper". At one point, a woman says: “This government is trying to break the miners because they're the strongest union, and if they can break the miners, then they can really clamp down on everybody else and everybody else will have even less power than they had before” The unembellished videography captures well this union of two disparate yet ultimately kindred groups. The "Pits and Perverts" benefit concert features the Bronski Beat.

The video serves as a primary historical source for the real-life events that inspired the 2014 feature film Pride.