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   Dec 6, 2020 · Series 1. The true story of award-winning writer Alex Wheatle, who spent his childhood in a mostly white institutional care home and was jailed after the Brixton uprising of 1981. Show more ...

   • Alex Wheatle: Sheyi Cole
   • End Date: December 13, 2025

   • Errol Findlay: Jonathan Jules
   • Start Date: December 13, 2021

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   The story of 12-year-old Kingsley, a victim of an unofficial segregation policy. The true story of award-winning writer Alex Wheatle, who spent his childhood in a mostly white institutional...

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   Dec 11, 2020 · Alex Wheatle: Directed by Steve McQueen. With Khali Best, Fumilayo Brown-Olateju, Riley Burgin, Ross Cahill. The true story of writer Alex Wheatle and his spell in prison after the Brixton riots.

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   • Genre: Drama, History

   • Director: Steve McQueen
   • Release Date: 2020-12-11

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6. time.com › 5919375The True Story Behind Small Axe: Alex Wheatle | TIME

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   • Alex Wheatle’S Early Life
   • The 1981 Brixton Uprising
   • Wheatle’S Experience in Prison and as A Successful Writer

   Wheatle is today an accomplished and award-winning author, having written more than a dozen books, including children’s and young adult novels, as well as writing and performing a play about his life titled Uprising. But parts of his childhood were deeply painful and have been difficult to revisit and process. In 2014, he spoke out about the system...

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   At the same time, Wheatle was living during a period of tense race relations in Britain; these experiences have informed his writing, particularly in his early novels Brixton Rock and East of Acre Lane. The uprising in Brixton in April 1981 resulted from a mixture of underlying tensions, including disproportionate and racist policing of young Black...

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   Wheatle was arrested after the uprising and sentenced to a four-month prison sentence for his participation. It was there that he met his cellmate, Simeon, who would become a huge influence on the young Wheatle, who was carrying bitterness and anger about what had happened to him during his childhood and adolescence. “Slowly and surely, I began to ...

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   • Author: Suyin Haynes

7. www.bbc.co.uk › teach › class-clips-videoSmall Axe - Alex Wheatle and the Brixton Uprising - BBC Teach

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   This short film is suitable for teaching KS3 and KS4 students. It can be used alongside the other Small Axe BBC Teach films or independently. It could fit as part of a KS3 history scheme of...

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   Is Alex Wheatle in 'small axe'?

   • These experiences are dramatized in the eponymous Alex Wheatle, the fourth installment of McQueen’s Small Axe series airing one per week on Amazon Prime from Nov. 20 through Dec. 18. “At points I was thinking, ‘should I really commit to this?’” says Wheatle, reflecting on being featured in the film.

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   Who is Alex Wheatle?

   • The true story of award-winning writer Alex Wheatle, who spent his childhood in a mostly white institutional care home and was jailed after the Brixton uprising of 1981. Featured in... A selection of films that Steve McQueen has either written, directed, or produced. Powerful one-off stories from great British talent.

   BBC One - Small Axe, Series 1, Alex Wheatle

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   Is Alex Wheatle a true story?

   • Alex Wheatle follows the true story of award-winning writer, Alex Wheatle (Sheyi Cole), from a young boy through his early adult years. Having spent his childhood in a mostly white institutional care home with no love or family, he finally finds not only a sense of community for ... Read all

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   What happened to Alex Wheatle?

   • Alex Wheatle was arrested and ended up serving time in prison. He started reading books by the likes of Chester Himes, Richard Wright, C.L.R. James and John Steinbeck, and found his passion for writing. This short film is suitable for teaching KS3 and KS4 students. It can be used alongside the other Small Axe BBC Teach films or independently.

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   • It's not a bad episode, but it is inessential. Alex Wheatle: Directed by Steve McQueen. With Khali Best, Fumilayo Brown-Olateju, Riley Burgin, Ross Cahill. Alex Wheatle follows the true story of award-winning writer, Alex Wheatle (Sheyi Cole), from a young boy through his early adult years.

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