Small Axe: Interview with Sir Steve McQueen
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- Опубликовано: 12 ноя 2020
- Joy Francis, Executive Director of Words of Colour Productions, in conversation with Oscar-winning Film Director, Producer, Screenwriter and Video Artist Sir Steve McQueen about his upcoming BBC One series Small Axe, and the importance of creating space for authentic Black stories to be told. Mangrove, the first of the Small Axe films, will premiere on BBC One on Sunday 15 November. Find out more about the series here: bbc.in/3lsLe3x
I have to say these Small Axe films are so brilliant.
This film is an eye-opener about British justice. Well done!
I'm Australian. I lived in Brixton in the 1980's. Crucial Brew, sound systems, spliff, reggae music. I'd never seen anything like that. The West Indians I met made the London winter feel hot. Small Axe is some of the best television I've ever seen.
McQueen inspires me to produce a film about being dark skin African at school in the 80s.. He may not of got it right but he’s got everyone talking about their experiences..
He has opened up the past...
Do the film🥳
Thank you for this really insightful interview. Please, keep empowering us all through your videos!
Great stuff
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Sorry I don’t remember it being that way.
Robbery, Rape, abuse, Rastaman rolling on floor like mad man, chanting Rastafari.
I don’t normally make comments. I will never try and bring down another mans works.
But that was twisted and negative in so many ways. Surely you viewed it before you aired it.
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Definitely had pause on those depictions..although still appreciative of the series.
J'ai fait une vidéo sur "Small Axe" sur ma chaîne, n'hésitez pas à me dire ce que vous en pensez ✌️
Such a shame Steve didn't move with many black people back in the day in West London. Those who know will know. He has a white family which was ALWAYS his preference. The mangrove was stellar but Lovers Rock was a very poor depiction of the scene and evidently spiced up for viewing purposes. Rastaman rolling around on the dirty floor, lesbian activity upstairs in the dance and women almost getting raped in the garden while the dance is going on. REALLY? I pray the remaining programmes are a more accurate depiction. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Not if the Beeb has anything to do with it I'm afraid.
I wasn't around London blues dance scene at that time but was immersed in the dancehall culture from San Francisco to New York and Toronto and never witnessed anything quite like the bit when the dread start rolling around on the floor, tearing off his shirt and the lot joining in....occasionally more of a one off like the agitated young brother, but never seen a dance turn into a mosh pit....maybe uk moves different...dunno....enlighten me
@@djgiovanninow fuck no blues parties weren’t like that in the uk 🤣 don’t go there
NO DISRESPECT BUT I FIND THIS MANS NAME STEVE MCQUEEN IS AN INSULT TO A TRUE HOLLYWOOD ICON
Unfortunately Mr McQueen is seen as the go to for blackness in the Film Industry.
"Lovers Rock" clearly shows how little he knows about the Jamaican influenced black culture of the 60's and 70's.
This had "BBC rendition" stamped all over it....which inst a good thing when it comes to representation and authenticity.
The BBC insist on using black actors who CANT do authentic Jamaican influenced accents.
The amount of Jamaican descended actors in the UK makes this questionable, dismissing the nuance and impact Jamaican culture has had in the UK.
Reggae music doesn't come from Grenada or St.Kitts etc, but the Beeb would have all the islands speak and sound like anything but Jamaican accented.
This show had a few Rastas in a party, but Rastafarian chanting and rolling around half naked on the floor was acceptable...somehow. Most people in the film had Afro's but somehow they ALL Rasta chanted.
The show was called Lovers Rock but only played two recognizable Loves Rock songs.
Kung Fu Fighting was NOT a song played by my people(Jamaicans) at ADULT parties...but maybe it was staple in the McQueen household.
Very few POP tunes found their way into Jamaican parties, but maybe the other islanders were different.
What was authentic about lesbian frolics and attempted rape in...ones own garden?
Somebody thought this was acceptable.
It wasnt.
As a Jamaican descended man in his 50's, I was offended by this rendition of MY culture.
Usingpop music contextualises it for a wider audience. Not every black person in the UK was in London at LR events you know!