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Small Axe

Name: Small Axe
Genre: Drama, Social Issues
Released: 2020
Rating: 4.7
Cast: Malachi Kirby, Shaun Parkes, Micheal Ward, Amarah-Jae St. Aubyn, Rochenda Sandall

2 episodes128 min/ep.Drama, Social Issues2020

S1:E1 Mangrove

Why we chose it

Steve McQueen made five separate films about Caribbean immigrants in London, and each one drops you into a different world: a courtroom trial, a sensual house party, a Black police officer, a writer in prison, a racist school. As Bob Marley sang, the small axe can cut down the big tree.

Synopsis

Set in London between the late 1960s and the early 1980s, the five films begin with nine people who stand trial after protesting against police raids on a Notting Hill restaurant. A young man joins the police to change it from within, a bright boy is sent to a school for children with learning difficulties, and the future writer Alex Wheatle comes of age and takes part in the Brixton riots. The fifth film is a single night at a house party, where the reggae sets everyone free.

Information

Creator: Steve McQueen, Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Alastair Siddons, Courttia Newland
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Cast
Production year: 2020
Decade: 2020s
Duration: 2 episodes · 128 min/ep.
Genre: Drama Social Issues
Audio options: English, Polish
Languages: English
Country: United Kingdom
Subtitles: Polish
Age rating: 16+