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Up-and-coming director Georgia Oakley was \u2018shocked\u2019 when she learned more about Section 28, which prohibited the promotion and teaching of homosexuality in the UK until 2003.<\/p>\n
In her debut feature Blue Jean, actress Rosy McEwen stars as PE teacher Jean, who tries to keep her private life as a lesbian hidden from her class until her home and career start to clash.<\/p>\n
Oakley has been named among the list of this year\u2019s BAFTA Breakthroughs, supported by Netflix, for the film, which shines a light on current rhetoric about the LGBTQ+ community despite being set over 30 years ago.<\/p>\n
\u201cI remember when we first pitched the film about five years ago,\u201d the filmmaker told Express.co.uk.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe producer and I spoke very consciously about similar laws that were coming in around the world. Or continue to be in place around the world.<\/p>\n
Read more: Scrapper director shares credit with ‘brilliant’ child star Lola Campbell<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cI remember trying to point a finger towards that and say, \u2018Look, this is not a so-called cultural time capsule about something that happened 30-odd years ago\u2019.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s happening everywhere as we speak, and it is a very current issue. That is how I felt five years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n Since the ideas for Blue Jean first started formulating, the debate around transgender and LGBTQ+ rights has grown far more heated in recent years.<\/p>\n In October 2023, the BBC reported that hate crimes against trans people in England and Wales had risen by 11 percent.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cBut, unfortunately, since then, when potentially the links were a little bit more tenuous, things have taken a very sharp downward turn,\u201d Oakley explained.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s been a nasty turn of events, globally.<\/p>\n \u201cBy the time the film came out, it would be impossible to watch it without noticing those parallels.<\/p>\n \u201cI was definitely thinking about it when writing, especially the treatment of the trans and non-binary community, and the language used.\u201d<\/p>\n It\u2019s no longer an offence to educate students about homosexuality in classrooms, but Oakley admits she\u2019s been shocked at the lack of education about queer history.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cI had an upstairs neighbour at the time who had been a very integral part of the Greenham Common movement.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd I was living on a street in London that had been historically used for lesbian housing co-ops, which you see in the film as well.<\/p>\n \u201cReally for my own interest, I was looking into that and the history of women-only housing co-ops. It was only then that I found an article about the women who had abseiled into the House of Lords from the gallery protesting Section 28.<\/p>\n \u201cDespite having been at school during that time, I hadn\u2019t known about it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cIt was partly the shock of that and, in some ways, the shame of not knowing, and wondering why I hadn\u2019t known.<\/p>\n \u201cNow, that\u2019s more obvious to me, and Section 28 has been covered in the press more in the last five or so years.<\/p>\n \u201cBut prior to that it was really this nasty secret that had been brushed under the rug. Finding out about it had a huge impact on me, and I was starting to piece together aspects of my personal history.\u201d<\/p>\n Blue Jean is available to rent or buy on Prime Video or stream for free with a BFI Player subscription.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Adjani Salmon, writer\/performer\/exec producer \u2013 Dreaming Whilst Black<\/p>\n Bella Ramsey, performer \u2013 The Last of Us<\/p>\n Cash Carraway, creator\/writer\/exec producer \u2013 Rain Dogs<\/p>\n Charlotte Regan, writer\/director \u2013 Scrapper<\/p>\n Cynthia De La Rosa, hair & makeup artist \u2013 Everyone Else Burns<\/p>\n Ella Glendining, director \u2013 Is There Anybody Out There?<\/p>\n Funmi Olutoye, lead producer \u2013 \u2018Black History Makers\u2019 (Good Morning Britain)<\/p>\n Georgia Oakley, writer\/director \u2013 Blue Jean<\/p>\n Holly Reddaway, voice and performance director \u2013 Baldur\u2019s Gate 3<\/p>\n Joel Beardshaw, lead designer – Desta: The Memories Between<\/p>\n Kat Morgan, hair & makeup designer \u2013 Blue Jean<\/p>\n Kathryn Ferguson, writer\/director \u2013 Nothing Compares<\/p>\n Kitt (Fiona) Byrne, 2D artist\/game designer – Gibbon: Beyond the Trees<\/p>\n Michael Anderson, producer – Desta: The Memories Between<\/p>\n Pete Jackson, writer\/creator \u2013 Somewhere Boy<\/p>\n Raine Allen-Miller, director \u2013 Rye Lane<\/p>\n Rosy McEwen, performer \u2013 Blue Jean<\/p>\n Samantha B\u00e9art, performer – The Excavation of Hob’s Barrow<\/p>\n Talisha \u2018Tee Cee\u2019 Johnson, writer\/director\/presenter \u2013 Too Autistic for Black<\/p>\n Vivian Oparah, performer \u2013 Rye Lane<\/p>\n Amanda Kim, documentary director – Nam June Paik: Moon Is The Oldest TV<\/p>\n Aminah Nieves, performer – 1923 and Blueberry (Film\/TV)<\/p>\n Apoorva Charan, producer – Joyland<\/p>\n Cheyenne Morrin, senior games writer – Star Wars Jedi: Survivor<\/p>\n Edward Buckles Jr. documentary director – Katrina Babies<\/p>\n Gary Gunn, composer – A Thousand and One<\/p>\n Jingyi Shao, writer & director – Chang Can Dunk<\/p>\n Maria Altamirano, producer – All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt<\/p>\n Santiago Gonzalez, cinematographer – Shortcomings<\/p>\n Shelly Yo, writer & director – Smoking Tigers<\/p>\n Sing J Lee, writer & director – The Accidental Getaway Driver<\/p>\n Vuk Lungulov-Klotz, writer & director – Mutt<\/p>\n Abhay Koranne, writer – Rocket Boys<\/p>\n Abhinav Tyagi, editor – An Insignificant Man<\/p>\n Don Chacko Palathara, director\/writer – Joyful Mystery<\/p>\n Kislay, director \u2013 Soni<\/p>\n Lipika Singh Darai, director\/writer – Some Stories Around Witches<\/p>\n Miriam Chandy Mencherry, producer – From the Shadows and The Leopard’s Tribe<\/p>\n Pooja Rajkumar Rathod, cinematographer – Secrets of the Elephants<\/p>\n Sanal George, sound editor\/mixer\/designer – Gangubai Kathiawadi<\/p>\n Satya Rai Nagpaul, cinematographer \u2013 Ghoomketu<\/p>\n Shardul Bhardwaj, performer – Eeb Allay Ooo!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n[ad_2]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [ad_1] Up-and-coming director Georgia Oakley was \u2018shocked\u2019 when she learned more about Section 28, which prohibited the promotion and teaching of homosexuality in the UK until 2003. 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US BAFTA Breakthroughs:<\/h3>\n
India BAFTA Breakthroughs:<\/h3>\n