Small Axe Anthology
2023 Drama Not Rated 147 Minutes
In Theaters | N/A | |||
On 4K UHD | Not Available | |||
On Blu-ray | April 25, 2023 | |||
On DVD | Not Available |
Director
With the five films that make up his Small Axe anthology (Mangrove; Lovers Rock; Red, White and Blue; Alex Wheatle; and Education), director Steve McQueen offers a richly evocative panorama of West Indian life in London from the 1960s through the ’80s—a time defined for the community by the terror of police violence, the empowering awakening of political consciousness, and the ecstatic escape of a vibrant reggae scene. Ranging in tone from the tenderly impressionistic to the devastatingly clear-eyed, these powerfully performed portraits of Black resistance, joy, creativity, and collective action—all sumptuously shot by Shabier Kirchner—form a revolutionary counterhistory of mid-twentieth-century Britain at a transformational moment.
Not Rated.
Released by Criterion Collection. See more credits.