Before ‘Don’t Say Gay’ There Was ‘Clause 28’
What ‘Blue Jean’ does exceedingly well is demonstrate how paranoia sets in when homophobia is encouraged and institutionalized.

Sometimes, a period movie comes along at just the right time, during a socio-political moment when its look at past events and themes take on added significance. The new British film “Blue Jean” is one such, exploring as it does the trauma that “Clause 28” caused on the lives of a group of lesbians in late ‘80s England.
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