2022 · drama · lgbtq · period
Blue Jean
Directed by Georgia Oakley1h 37m2022
Jean, a PE teacher, is forced to live a double life. When a new student arrives and threatens to expose her sexuality, Jean is pushed to extreme lengths to keep her job and her integrity.
Our read: Blue Jean (2022) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama · lgbtq · period entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / lgbtq, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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