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- Taking its title from the Jamaican proverb, “if you are the big tree, we are the small axe” which inspired the Bob Marley song of the same name, Small Axe is a period drama set between the late 1960s and mid-1980s which tackles the systematic racism in Britain and celebrates London’s West Indian community.
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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 ]
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- Mangrove. Sunday 15 November. The series opener, which will be broadcast on Sunday, centres on the true story of Frank Crichlow (Shaun Parkes), who owns a Caribbean restaurant in Notting Hill called Mangrove.
- Lovers Rock. Sunday 22 November. Despite being the Caribbean soundtrack of the Sixties and Seventies, “lovers rock”, the romantic love child of reggae and soul, rarely pops up in British cinema.
- Red, White and Blue. Sunday 29 November. Small Axe’s third film returns to the realm of non-fiction, following the childhood of former Met police superintendent Leroy Logan (played by John Boyega).
- Alex Wheatle. Sunday 6 December. Unlike Mangrove, Lovers Rock or Red, White and Blue, neither of the last two films have been screened at any film festival.
Apr 29, 2021 · What is Small Axe about? Small Axe is a mini-series that's made up of five films, each exploring the lives of people in the West Indian community living in London during the 1960s to the 1980s. The title of the show references a proverb ("If you are the big tree, we are the small axe") from Bob Marley's song of the same title.
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- Is Small Axe Based on A True Story?
- Is Mangrove A True Story?
- Is Red, White and Blue A True Story?
- Is Alex Wheatle A True Story?
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In a nutshell, yes. McQueen’s anthology is rooted in history, as shown at the beginning of Mangrove with Enoch Powell’s “Rivers of Blood” speech in 1968 which targeted migrants. Cast members starring in Small Axe include Hollywood actors John Boyega and Letitia Wright, along with homegrown talent Antonia Thomas, Malachi Kirby and Micheal Ward. Each...
The first film in the collection centres on Frank Crichlow (Shaun Parkes), the owner of Notting Hill’s Caribbean restaurant, Mangrove, a small restaurant in Ladbroke Grove, which soon becomes a community hub for locals, intellectuals and activists – and, over time, a rallying base for resistance. In a reign of racist terror, the local police raid M...
Red, White and Blue tells the true story of Leroy Logan, a young forensic scientist with a yearning to do more than his solitary laboratory work. When he sees his father assaulted by two policemen, he finds himself driven to revisiting a childhood ambition to become a police officer – an ambition borne from the naïve hope of wanting to change racis...
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 the first time in Brixton, but his identity and opportunity to grow hi...
Small Axewill premiere on BBC One and iPlayer at 9pm on Sunday nights between 15 November and 13 December. In the US it will air on Amazon Prime Video.
Nov 10, 2020 · BBC. Small Axe: Who's in it and what's it about? The BBC has shared details about the five stories covered in the series. Mangrove is the true story of the Mangrove 9 and the trial that took...
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Nov 6, 2020 · Directed by Academy Award, Bafta and Golden Globe-winning filmmaker, Steve McQueen, Small Axe is the highly anticipated anthology of five original films which are set to air on BBC One this November. Find out what we know about the cast, what the miniseries is all about and how to watch this exciting collection of films.
Dec 11, 2020 · The fourth film in Steve McQueen's 'Small Axe' series portrays the teenage years of novelist Alex Wheatle, and his participation in the 1981 Brixton Uprising.
