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Blue Jean (15) (AD)

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A lesbian gym teacher grapples with homophobia in this defiant drama set in Thatcher's Britain.

1988. As the Thatcher government is days away from a decade in power, the spectre of Section 28, a law banning local authorities and schools from 'promoting homosexuality', looms large on the England's queer community. 

PE teacher Jean is caught between her public and private life when a new student at her school arrives in need of support that only she can provide.

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UK 2022 dir Georgia Oakley 97 min

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