Freddie: The Final Act

Available now on BBC Nordic+.

This is the story of how Freddie Mercury’s friends mounted an epic tribute in his honour, to raise awareness and fight shame.

Freddie: The Final Act

Watch Freddie: The Final Act

On BBC Nordic+.

Synopsis

By the late 1980s, Freddie Mercury was secretly battling AIDS, a disease that was killing hundreds of thousands of people and legitimising homophobia. Remarkably, in the years that followed his death, public attitudes to homosexuality liberalised faster than ever before. Featuring the first major interview with Kashmira Bulsara, Freddie’s sister, as well as hearing from the stars of the concert…

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