“I’m damaged, and in a way you’re not — at least you don’t have to be,” a P.E. teacher tells her student in a new trailer for “Blue Jean.” Written and directed by Georgia Oakley, the drama is set in 1988 England and tells the story of Jean (Rosy McEwen), a lesbian who is living a double life. A new law introduced by Margaret Thatcher’s government, Section 28, seeks to stop schools and local governments from “promoting homosexuality” by making it illegal.
When Jean runs into one of her students (Lucy Halliday) at a gay bar, she goes into crisis, seemingly torn between the desire to save her job and
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