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BLUE JEAN
In Oakley’s powerful and pointed feature film debut, it is 1988 London, and Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative government is poised to pass Section 28, which will prohibit the “promotion of homosexuality” and criminalize “teaching in any maintained school of the acceptability of homosexuality.” Under this oppression, middle school gym teacher Jean (Rosy McEwen, in a fearless turn that won her a British Film Academy award for Best Lead Performance) is forced to hide her identity as a lesbian. As pressure mounts from all sides, the arrival of a new student catalyzes a crisis that will challenge Jean to her core.
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