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Dendy offers discounted tickets to banned film Gayby Baby

Dendy Newtown is offering reduced student ticket prices to new Australian film Gayby Baby after the state government banned the screening of the movie during school hours.

The Cinemas will offer a reduced ticket price to all students who present their student cards on opening weekend.

 Opening on September 3, Gaybe Baby is a portrait of same-sex families. 

Tickets will be $12 on the opening weekend for students. They are usually $16.

Gaybe Baby is enabling high schools from around the country to screen the film ahead of the cinema release, for national Wear It Purple Day, (Aug 28).  

The initiative is a partnership with the youth-led, not-for-profit group Wear It Purple.  However, in response to a story in the Daily Telegraph yesterday, the NSW Education Minister Adrian Piccoli made the decision to ban the screening of the film during school hours.

Gaybe Baby producer Charlotte Mars said, while she was disappointed with the decision to ban the film during school hours, she was extremely grateful to Dendy Newtown for making the film accessible to as many students as possible.

 The flim addresses the marriage equality issue from the perspective of the children of same-sex partners.

It will also have an exclusive season at Cinema Nova in Melbourne from September 3, with other cinemas to be announced and special filmmaker Q&A screenings and TUGG/cinema on-demand screenings across the country.

Dendy Newtown will also be hosting a sold out filmmaker Q and A preview screening, on August 31 with Brickfields Bakery supplying purple cupcakes.

  1. Thank you Dendy Newton. I hope to view the film in Adelaide. Discrimination against LGBTI people is rife under any LNP administration.

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