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   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...

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

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

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

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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

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

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   Dec 9, 2020 · 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 home, was sent to live in ...

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

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   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. More Duration 66 mins

5. 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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6. www.imdb.com › title › tt3464896Small Axe (TV Mini Series 2020) - IMDb

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   Small Axe: With Naomi Ackie, Gary Beadle, Khali Best, Neal Barry. Small Axe is based on the real-life experiences of London's West Indian community between 1969 and 1982.

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   • 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.

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   • 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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   • 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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   • 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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   • Through detailed close-ups, single-take dialogues, and powerhouse performances, Oscar-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen has shown audiences his unflinching perspectives on real-world drama. It has been reported that Steve McQueen began working on the idea for Small Axe in 2010, and that some form of the series was in development since 2012.

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8. era.org.uk › alex-wheatle-small-axeAlex Wheatle | Small Axe - Educational Recording Agency

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