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Nov 13, 2020 · David Olusoga talks to Steve McQueen about his Small Axe series of Black British film histories, a landmark moment for British film and television.
- How Logan Switched Careers from Science to Law Enforcement
- ‘I Was Between A Rock and A Hard Place’
- The Context of Today’S Black Lives Matter Movement
When Logan and McQueen met in 2016, Logan felt the director had understood his story. Logan recalls their conversations, with McQueen asking him why he left his “first love,” the field of science, for his “worst nightmare,” the police force. “At the time, it actually didn’t make sense to me,” says Logan. “I really did question my sanity for the fir...
Logan joined amid a recruitment drive to attract more Black officers and officers of color, given the fraught nature of race relations in Britain at the time. In 1981 and 1985, major riots broke out in cities across the country, in explosions of longstanding simmering tensions between local communities and police forces, who were disproportionately...
Although McQueen thought about an early concept for Small Axe11 years ago, the release of the series comes during a year when the Black Lives Matter movement, and in particular unchecked police violence against Black people, has received renewed international attention. Logan believes the same prejudices that existed when he was an officer still ne...
- Suyin Haynes
Small Axe is a British anthology film series, created and directed by Steve McQueen. The anthology consists of five films that tell distinct stories about the lives of West Indian immigrants in London from the 1960s to the 1980s. [1] Two episodes of the series were selected into the 2020 Cannes Film Festival.
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Oct 6, 2020 · Both films, set in a world of police brutality and inequality for black people, are shaped by the characters’ anger and determination to change things. They clarify the series title, which comes...
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...
Jul 11, 2023 · Here we investigate the shape, colour and potential flake scarring on a handaxe-like stone object seen in the Melun Diptych, painted by the French fifteenth-century artist Jean Fouquet, and compare its features with artefacts from diverse (including French) Acheulean handaxe assemblages.
Sep 20, 2018 · In eight chapters and seven appendices (the latter comprise more than half the book), Dr Walker discusses and catalogues the surprisingly small number of axe-heads of non-British/Irish origin.
