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Brassed Off
UNITED KINGDOM · 1996

Brassed Off

Mark Herman
coal mining closure brass band competition working class struggle gender discrimination community resilience
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Synopsis

A Yorkshire coal mine is threatened with closure and the only hope is for the men to enter their Grimley Colliery Brass Band into a national competition. They believe they have no hope until Gloria appears carrying her Flugelhorn. At first mocked for being a woman, she soon becomes the only chance for the band to win.

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