Blue Jean

UK 2022, 98 minutes
Dir. Georgia Oakley
Rating: [M] Offensive language, sex scenes, sexual references & nudity
Genres: Drama / Lesbian, LGBT

Topics: Period 1980s.

Feat. Rosy McEwen, Kerrie Hayes, Stacy Abalogun, Lucy Halliday

“A supremely accomplished debut feature from writer-director Georgia Oakley, Blue Jean captures a specific moment in British history with almost uncanny accuracy.”~Wendy Ide, The Observer

Aroview: The story of a closeted lesbian P.E. teacher in Thatcher’s Britain that feels like it could have (and should have) been made in the early 1980's, but wasn’t.

Under this shroud of conservatism, Rosy McEwen as Jean lives in Newcastle in constant negotiation with a culture that seems micro-aggressive at best, but the real pressure comes down from her attempts to keep her private and professional life separate. This genuine reflection of an LGBT experience also shines a harsh light on not-such-enlightened times for the rest of us who lived through it.

NZ International Film Festival 2023