BLUE JEAN
Blue Jean
LGBTQIA FILMMAKER, GEORGIA OAKLEY (PICTURED LEFT), TALKS TO NIC CROSARA ABOUT HER NEW FEATURE FILM AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS QUEER PEOPLE HAVE MADE TO THE INDUSTRY
Scenes from Georgia’s debut feature film, Blue Jean
PHOTO OLIVIA THOMPSON
In 1988, then prime minister Margaret Thatcher’s government enacted the infamous Section 28 legislation, which prevented schools from promoting “the teaching of the acceptability of homosexuality”. The harmful ripple effects of the bill can still be felt to this day. In her debut feature film, writer-director Georgia Oakley tells the poignant story of Jean, a workingclass lesbian P.E. teacher who struggles to navigate a tense relationship with a new pupil amid the act coming into law.