A queer gym teacher is caught between worlds against a political backdrop of rising anti-gay sentiment in Georgia Oakley's impressive debut. The film opens with a classic image of identity assertion, ...

In a just world, Blue Jean (now streaming on Hulu) would mark the emergence of two new stars, actress Rosy McEwen and writer/director Georgia Oakley. They anchor this indie character drama depicting ...

Boasting a breakthrough, award-winning performance by Brit Rosy McEwan (“The Alienist”), writer-director Georgia Oakley’s “Blue Jean” charts the dangerous and uncharted land traveled by a gay woman (a ...

School bullying rattles the life of a closeted lesbian teacher in this accomplished period drama. By Teo Bugbee When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site, we earn ...

LONDON — In 1988, the British government passed Section 28, prohibiting the teaching of homosexuality in schools. The law is at the heart of Georgia Oakley’s heartfelt debut feature, “Blue Jean,” a ...

In Georgia Oakley’s stunning directorial debut BLUE JEAN, it’s 1988 England and Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative government is about to pass a law stigmatizing gays and lesbians, forcing Jean (Rosy ...

A lesbian gym teacher in late ‘80s Northeast England begins questioning her double life in the face of a law stigmatizing LGBTQ Brits in Georgia Oakley’s first feature, starring a revelatory Rosy ...

British film about a closeted teacher during the Thatcher era looks back at a dangerous bill that banned people from “promoting homosexuality” Still, Jean maintains the façade and keeps the mask in ...

The title character in Blue Jean, the debut feature by writer-director Georgia Oakley, is a lesbian gym teacher on a journey of self acceptance in Margaret Thatcher's England. A teacher faces ...

What’s especially pernicious about legislation attacking sexual orientation is when it triggers a cruel self-policing in the targeted groups. That fragile submission to conformity in a half-out, ...