BFI Ambassador Joanna Scanlan interviews Jessica Gunning about Pride
Joanna Scanlan discusses the impact of BFI National Lottery funded film Pride with BAFTA-winning actress Jessica Gunning.
In a series of exclusive interviews, BFI Ambassador Joanna Scanlan discusses the impact of BFI National Lottery funded film Pride with BAFTA-winning actress Jessica Gunning (Baby Reindeer), who portrayed real-life Labour MP Siân James in the 2014 film. They also discuss the impact of the BFI National Lottery funded ESCAPES programme which provides free tickets to independent cinemas across the UK each month and recently screened Jessica’s latest feature film, Sunny Dancer, in which she starred alongside Bella Ramsay.
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