WFTV and Leeds International Film Festival: Blue Jean In-Person Screening
Mon 07 Nov
|Vue at The Light
WFTV members are invited to a special screening of Blue Jean at this year’s Leeds International Film Festival.
Time & Location
07 Nov 2022, 18:00 – 19:40
Vue at The Light, Leeds LS1 8TL, UK
About the Event
WFTV members are invited to a special screening of Blue Jean at this year’s Leeds International Film Festival.
In 1988 queer people’s lives were upended across Britain when the Conservative government enacted ‘Section 28’, which aimed to ‘prohibit the promotion of homosexuality’ in Local Authorities. Writer-Director Georgia Oakley’s vividly realised debut feature is set at this turning point in British history. High school teacher Jean hadn’t thought her sexuality was of interest to her colleagues. But now with the new law, workplace suspicion gathers, and Jean faces a dilemma when she meets a vulnerable gay new student. An amazingly accurate evocation of late-’80s northern Britain, and a future queer classic.
Event Schedule:
17:45: Doors
18:00: Screening begins (Running time 1hr 37 minutes)
19:40: Event ends