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The director of British film Pride has defended distributors who removed gay references from the cover of the US DVD.

The movie, about a group of gay and lesbian activists who supported striking miners in the 1980s, was released in the UK last year.

Pink News found that "gay and lesbian activists" had been removed from the cover wording, and a lesbian and gay banner was removed from the back cover.

Pride director Matthew Warchus said the decision was 鈥渃lumsy鈥� but had a 鈥渧alid instinct鈥�.

鈥�(Someone) used their marketing judgement to try to remove any barrier to the widest possible audience and avoid it being misunderstood as exclusively gay film,鈥� he said.

鈥淚 understand it and think it鈥檚 a valid instinct, to be honest鈥� I think it鈥檚 right that this film should be chasing after a non-liberal, unreconstructed audience.鈥�

CBS Films, which released the DVD alongside Sony Pictures, told Pink News: "We're looking into this now and our page for the film remains the same as it has for months."

This clip is originally from Phil Williams on 5 January 2015.

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