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Georgia Oakley's powerful directorial debut

Blue Jean

A slice of Tyneside's LGBTQ history

Georgian Oakley, 2022, UK, 97mins, cert 15

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Thu 7 March // 19:30 / Cinema

Tickets: £7/5/3/0

England, 1988 - Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government is about to pass a law stigmatising gays and lesbians, forcing Jean, a gym teacher, to live a double life. As pressure mounts from all sides, the arrival of a new girl at school catalyses a crisis that will challenge Jean to her core.

Filmed in and around Tyneside this BAFTA award nominated film provides a dramatised version of Newcastle's 1980s lesbian scene - were you there?