Mike Leigh in Conversation – Part 1: Episode 6

Mike Leigh and Gary Yershon’s ongoing discussion of the acclaimed director’s films continued at The Garden Cinema with a screening and Q&A for Vera Drake (2004).

Vera Drake lives with her husband Stan and their grown-up children, Sid and Ethel. They are not rich, but they are a happy, close family. But selfless Vera has a secret: without accepting payment, she helps young women to end unwanted pregnancies.