Blue Jean & Discussion on LGBTQ+ People in Schools
In 1988 the conservative Thatcher government proposes Section 28, a law which equates gays and lesbians with pedophiles and bans the promotion of homosexuality in public. Sports coaches are the first victims of the resulting homophobic attacks and Jean is forced to live a double life. On weekdays she is popular with her high school students and colleagues, but on the weekends she and her girlfriend Viv venture into the nightlife of Newcastle’s queer clubs. When a pupil confronts her in a lesbian bar, Jean’s “secret life” is upended.
A brilliant debut film from British director Georgia Oakley. Alongside Charlotte Wells, who brilliantly explored a father-daughter relationship in Aftersun (2022), the two directors herald a bright, new generation of British cinema. Blue Jean won the Audience Award at the Venice Film Festival’s Giornate degli Autori section, screened at the Rotterdam Film Festival as well as gracing many other festivals exposing the tangles of social hypocrisy and a climate of intolerance. Blue Jean also won the Audience Award at Festheart Film Festival in Estonia in 2023.
A perceptive reconstruction of an era, this identity drama will sway to the rhythms of New Order dressed in torn jeans, shimmering in red and blue lights in search of better days.
Trailer and images
Discussion
Topic: "Being LGBTQ+ in Estonian schools".
Ott Maidre — is a biology teacher at a Tartu high school and has been a teacher for ten years. Ott has also been dancing folk dance for about 20 years.
Bohdana Kriuchkova — is a 12-grader at School of Freedom and open bisexual. In her free time she participates in projects and organises them, writes fiction novels, volunteers actively, plays drums in Rhythms Of Resistance.
Andres Liivaste — Andres is an 18 year old trans boy from Estonia. Outside of school, his passions include art, literature and activism.
Eeva Koplimets — Eeva Koplimets is the cooperation officer of the Estonian LGBT Association. She graduated from the University of Tartu in social work and leads the association's counseling team. She has been a trainer in the Estonian Sexual Health Association and worked with people with special needs. Eevas interest and passion is people in their diversity.
Triin Sepp moderator — Triin Sepp works in Feministeerium as an editor. In her free time she is a part of the local drag scene and it's very important to her that people can be authentically themselves in every environment.
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