Blue Jean

In Georgia Oakley’s stunning directorial debut, it’s 1988 England and Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative government is about to pass a law stigmatizing gays and lesbians, forcing Jean (Rosy McEwen, in a powerhouse performance), a gym teacher, to live a double life.

As pressure mounts from all sides, the arrival of a new student catalyzes a crisis that will challenge Jean to her core.

Meticulously researched and beautifully intimate, the film draws on the experience of lesbian women who experienced the consequences of Section 28, a series of U.K. laws that prohibited local authorities and schools from “promoting homosexuality.”

This BAFTA-nominated film won the Venice Film Festival’s People’s Choice Award, as well as four British Independent Film Awards.

film website: www.magpictures.com/bluejean

Part of our New Queer Cinema series.