Small axe : a collection of 5 films from Steve McQueen.

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Material type: Film

FilmLanguage: English Original language: English Subtitle language: English Publisher: [London] : BBC, [2020]Beginning or single date created: 2020.Edition: DVDDescription: 2 videodiscs (approximately 407 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inUniform titles:

Mangrove (Motion picture)
Lovers Rock (Motion picture)
Red, white and blue (Motion picture : 2020)
Alex Wheatle (Motion picture)
Education (Motion picture : 2020)

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Contents:

disc 1. Mangrove. Lovers Rock -- disc 2. Red, white and blue. Alex Wheatle. Education.

Production credits:

Director, Steve McQueen; screenwriters, Steve McQueen, Alastair Siddons, Courttia Newland; cinematography, Shabier Kirchner; music, Mica Levi.

Cast: Mangrove: Letitia Wright, Malachi Kirby, Shaun Parkes, Rochenda Sandall, Alex Jennings, Jack Lowden, Gary Beadle, Darren Braithwaite, Richie Campbell.Cast: Lovers Rock: Amarah-Jae St. Aubyn, Micheal Ward, Shaniqua Okwok, Kedar Williams-Stirling, Ellis George, Francis Lovehall, Daniel Francis-Swaby, Alexander James-Blake, Kadeem Ramsay, Romario Simpson, Jermaine Freeman, Marcus Fraser, Saffron Coomber, Frankie Fox, Dennis Bovell.Cast: Red, white and blue: John Boyega, Steve Toussaint, Joy Richardson, Antonia Thomas, Seroca Davis, Liam Garrigan, Tyrone Huntley, Nadine Marshall, Conor Lowson, Calum Callaghan, Nathan Vidal, Mark Stanley, Assad Zaman.Cast: Alex Wheatle: Sheyi Cole, Robbie Gee, Jonathan Jules, Elliot Edusah, Fumilayo Brown-Olateju, Ashley McGuire, Asad-Shareef Muhammad, Leah Walker, Johann Myers, Louis J. Rhone, Riley Burgin, Zaki9yyah Deen, Khali Best, Dexter Flanders, Xavien Russell, Cecilia Noble, Ross Cahil, Lennox TUitt, Shanelle Young.Cast: Education: Kenyah Sandy, Sharlene Whyte, Tamara Lawrance, Daniel Francis, Josette SImon, Ryan Masher, Naomi Ackie, Jairaj Varsani, Aiyana Goodfellow, Tabitha Byron, Jo Martin.Summary: Small Axe is based on the real-life experiences of London's West Indian community and is set between 1969 and 1982.--Imdb, January 27, 2021.Summary: Mangrove: Mangrove tells this true story of The Mangrove Nine, who clashed with London police in 1970. The trial that followed was the first judicial acknowledgment of behavior motivated by racial hatred within the Metropolitan Police.--Imdb, January 27, 2021.Summary: Lovers Rock: A single evening at a house party in 1980s West London sets the scene, developing intertwined relationships against a background of violence, romance and music.--Imdb, January 27, 2021.Summary: Red, white and blue: Spotlights the true story of Leroy Logan, who at a young age saw his father assaulted by two policemen, motivating him to join the Metropolitan Police and change their racist attitudes from within.--Imdb, January 27, 2021.Summary: Alex Wheatle: Follows the true story of award-winning writer, Alex Wheatle, 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 ability to grow his passion for music and DJing. When he is thrown in prison during the Brixton Uprising of 1981, he confronts his past and sees a path to healing.--Imdb, January 27, 2021.Summary: Education: Education is the coming of age story of 12-year-old Kingsley, who has a fascination for astronauts and rockets. When Kingsley is pulled to the headmaster's office for being disruptive in class, he discovers he's being sent to a school for those with "special needs." Distracted by working two jobs, his parents are unaware of the unofficial segregation policy at play, preventing many Black children from receiving the education they deserve, until a group of West Indian women take matters into their own hands.--Imdb, January 27, 2021.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Barcode
Video Recording	Carleton University, AVRC	Stokes Donation	SP456 - Collections Room	DVD-03917 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	1605031920R

Originally broadcast by on BBC One in 2020 as a five episode mini-series, Small axe.

Title from disc, subtitle from container.

Bonus features: thee making-of featurettes.

Bonus features: the making-of featurettes.

disc 1. Mangrove. Lovers Rock -- disc 2. Red, white and blue. Alex Wheatle. Education.

DVD (PAL UK); Dolby digital 5.1

Optional subtitles in English for the hearing-impaired.

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