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  1. www.bbc.co.uk › programmes › m000q6rfBBC One - Small Axe, Series 1, Alex Wheatle

    Dec 6, 2020 · 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. Available...

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  2. www.independent.co.uk › news › ukSmall Axe star Alex Wheatle: I want my prostate cancer ...

    Sep 1, 2023 · Small Axe star Alex Wheatle: I want my prostate cancer diagnosis to raise awareness for Black men. Exclusive: The author, whose life featured in Steve McQueen’s BBC series Small Axe, speaks...

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  4. www.bbc.co.uk › iplayer › episodeSmall Axe - Series 1: Alex Wheatle - BBC iPlayer

    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...

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

    • 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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  6. www.bbc.co.uk › programmes › p090rw30BBC One - Small Axe, Series 1, Alex Wheatle, The life of Alex ...

    Dec 9, 2020 · The life of Alex Wheatle. The real-life Alex Wheatle and the cast of the film tell the story of the award-winning writer, who having spent his childhood in a mostly white institutional care...

  7. www.itv.com › watch › small-axeSmall Axe - Series 1 - Episode 4 - ITVX

    Alex Wheatle - The true story of award-winning writer Alex Wheatle. Having spent his childhood in a mostly white institutional care home with no love or family, he finds a sense of...

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  9. www.imdb.com › title › tt10551104"Small Axe" Alex Wheatle (TV Episode 2020) - IMDb

    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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