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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] Two episodes of the series were selected into the 2020 Cannes Film Festival.
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Nov 13, 2020 · Small Axe – five luminous and astonishingly powerful films from Steve McQueen – would have been well received no matter when they had arrived. But the fact is that their moment of arrival is now: the dying months of 2020, with the embers of the political fires lit by Black Lives Matter still glowing.
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...
Nov 20, 2020 · Steve McQueen has made searingly powerful films about historical injustice, from slavery in the American South to a 1981 hunger strike in a Northern Irish prison. But only now has he dramatized...
Apr 25, 2023 · Small Axe marked a triumphant return to home soil for a British filmmaker who had conquered Hollywood, becoming, with 2013’s 12 Years a Slave, the first Black director of a Best Picture Oscar winner.
Jun 10, 2021 · Key people in the creation of BBC One’s Small Axe share the backstory of Steve McQueen’s film anthology. The benefits of assembling genuinely diverse production teams are often talked about but seldom fully realised.
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Oct 6, 2020 · The Small Axe series premieres on 20 November in the UK on BBC One, and elsewhere on Amazon Prime Video. ★★★★★
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