Red Joan (with captions)

The year is 2000 and Joan Stanley (Judi Dench) is living in contented retirement in suburbia at the turn of the millennium. Her tranquil life is suddenly disrupted when she’s arrested by MI5 and accused of providing intelligence to Communist Russia. For Joan has been hiding an incredible past – she is actually one of the most influential spies in living history. Cut to 1938 where Joan is a Cambridge physics student who falls for young communist Leo Galich and through him, begins to see the world in a new light. Working at a top-secret nuclear research facility during WWII, Joan comes to the realisation that the world is on the brink of mutually assured destruction. Confronted with an impossible question – what price would you pay for peace? Joan must choose between betraying her country and loved ones or saving them. This screening will have captions. This is a service for deaf and hard of hearing audience members, providing subtitles to enable understanding of the film’s dialogue and off-screen action. Captioning includes the text of all onscreen dialogue as well as off-screen sounds, enabling people with varying hearing loss access to the full cinema experience. “a taut old-school thriller with a modern heroine” Hollywood Reporter “gripping story of one woman’s life – and world-altering decision” Far Out

Red Joan (with captions)

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