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Film, music and performing arts

Leeds Beckett academic to introduce ‘Blue Jean’ at LIFF 2022

02 November 2022

A Leeds Beckett academic has played a key role in a critically acclaimed new film which shines a light on a controversial law which banned the ‘promotion of homosexuality’ by local authorities.

Sarah Squires (Leeds Beckett University academic), Helen Sifre (Blue Jean producer), Georgia Oakley (Blue Jean director and screen writer), Rosy McEwen (Blue Jean lead actor) and Professor Catherine Lee — Sarah Squires (Leeds Beckett academic), Helen Sifre (Blue Jean producer), Georgia Oakley (Blue Jean director and screen writer), Rosy McEwen (Blue Jean lead actor) and Professor Catherine Lee

Blue Jean screens at the Leeds International Film Festival on 7, 9 and 11 November 2022.

Sarah Squires, a Principal Lecturer in Physical Education in the Carnegie School of Sport, has helped to inspire and then bring to life the storyline of the ‘turmoil, pain and anguish’ of a gay PE teacher in Tyneside as ‘Section 28’ was introduced in 1988.

As part of the film festival, Sarah will be introducing the film at a screening at Howard Assembly on 11 November. You can book tickets here.

Following hugely successful screenings at Venice Film Festival and the 2022 BFI London Film Festival, Sarah says she’s “incredibly proud to be introducing the film at the Leeds International Film Festival.”