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The true story of the Mangrove restaurant, a hub of community activism during the 1970s.
- 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...
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...
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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1 day ago · While each of his films demands to be seen on the biggest screen possible, McQueen may have reached his artistic peak with the five-part anthology series Small Axe, which aired on Amazon Prime ...
Small Axe, a series of five films from writer and director Steve McQueen, takes a closer look at London’s West Indian community from the 1960s to the 1980s. If you’re wondering why the name...
The true story of writer Alex Wheatle and his spell in prison after the Brixton riots.
Nov 6, 2020 · The fourth installment of Small Axe explores the true story of award-winning writer Alex Wheatle (Sheyi Cole), following his journey from a young boy through to his early adult years. Alex grows up in an institutional care home with mostly white children, so when he comes to Brixton later in life, it is the first time he has found a sense of ...
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After growing up in a predominantly white care home in the midlands, young Black man Alex Wheatle discovers friendship, community, and sound systems for the first time when he arrives in London. However, his life changes once more when he is imprisoned during the Brixton uprising of 1981, where Black youth clashed with officers from the ...
