MANGROVE Q&A | BFI London Film Festival 2020

Director Steve McQueen talks about Mangrove, his film about the Mangrove Nine, made as part of the Small Axe anthology for the BBC. Mangrove opened the 2020 BFI London Film Festival.
The Mangrove restaurant in Notting Hill doubled as a community centre for Black Londoners to exchange ideas and to commune. As police brutality and harassment intensified, the Mangrove also became a site of resistance leading to the wrongful arrest for incitement to riot of nine local activists including Altheia Jones-LeCointe (Letitia Wright) and Darcus Howe (Malachi Kirby). Oscar-winner Steve McQueen’s depiction of the infamous 55-day trial is a moving instalment from his Small Axe anthology series, a collection of films that evoke memories, political events and a critical perspective on life for London’s West Indian community between the 1960s and 1980s. In this present moment, with its rallying cry for abolition, McQueen’s incredible cast deliver with great assurance a seminal moment in British history that also encapsulates the global Black struggle.
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J'ai fait une vidéo sur "Small Axe" sur ma chaîne, n'hésitez pas à me dire ce que vous en pensez ✌️