Small Axe
Season 17.92020X-Ray16+
Small Axe is a collection of five original films by Steve McQueen set from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s that tell personal stories from London's West Indian community, whose lives have been shaped by their own force of will despite rampant racism and discrimination. New film every Friday through Dec18. ENGLISH VERSION ONLY - FRENCH COMING EARLY NEXT YEAR
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Episodes (5)
- 1. MangroveThis video is currently unavailableNovember 27, 20202 h 7 min16+SubtitlesEnglish [CC], FrançaisAudio languagesEnglish, English [Audio Description], Français
Mangrove tells the story of a restaurant and its owner in London’s Notting Hill; repeated police harassment leads to a protest march where nine arrests are made and result in a show trial at the Old Bailey in 1971, making legal history. The true story of the Mangrove Nine. - 2. Lovers RockThis video is currently unavailableNovember 27, 20201 h 10 min16+SubtitlesEnglish [CC], FrançaisAudio languagesEnglish, English [Audio Description], Français
Lovers Rock is for lovers and rockers everywhere; and a love letter from Steve McQueen to the blues parties of yesteryear, when clothes were tight, and dancers smooched and skanked to the selector’s choice for a hot summer night in 1981. - 3. Red, White and BlueThis video is currently unavailableDecember 3, 20201 h 20 min16+SubtitlesEnglish [CC], FrançaisAudio languagesEnglish, English [Audio Description], Français
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. - 4. Alex WheatleThis video is currently unavailableDecember 10, 20201 h 6 min16+SubtitlesEnglish [CC], FrançaisAudio languagesEnglish, English [Audio Description], Français
Alex Wheatle follows the true story of Alex Wheatle, award winning writer for young people, and his own remarkable and often hilarious journey through the care system, and then to prison following the Brixton Uprising in 1981. - 5. EducationThis video is currently unavailableDecember 17, 20201 h 3 min16+SubtitlesEnglish [CC], FrançaisAudio languagesEnglish, English [Audio Description], Français
Education is the story of an everyday hard working family whose daily lives are disrupted when Kingsley, the 12 year old son, is sent to a school for those with “special needs”. Education reveals the disgraceful story of Haringey Councils Educational segregation Policy in 1971.
Bonus (6)
- Bonus: Small Axe - Lovers Rock Behind-the-Scenes FeaturetteThis video is currently unavailableDecember 3, 20204minTV-14SubtitlesEnglishAudio languagesEnglish
Small Axe Executive Producers take you behind the scenes of the second film in the collection—Lovers Rock. - Bonus: Small Axe - Red, White and Blue Behind-the-Scenes FeaturetteThis video is currently unavailableDecember 3, 20205minTV-14SubtitlesEnglishAudio languagesEnglishSmall Axe Executive Producers take you behind the scenes of the third film in the collection—Red, White and Blue.
- Bonus: Small Axe - Mangrove TrailerThis video is currently unavailableNovember 27, 20201minTV-14SubtitlesEnglishAudio languagesEnglishThe first film of the Small Axe collection tells the harrowing true story of the Mangrove Nine who came together to lead a protest to stand-up against police brutality and injustice in their community. Starring Letitia Wright and Shaun Parkes. Written and directed by Academy Award winner Steve McQueen.
- Bonus: Small Axe - Official TrailerThis video is currently unavailableNovember 27, 20202minTV-14SubtitlesEnglishAudio languagesEnglish“If you are the big tree, we are the small axe.” -Jamaican proverb. Small Axe is a collection of five films inspired by real-life events about ordinary people showing courage, belief and resilience to overcome injustice and achieve something transformative in their West Indian community. The television debut by Academy Award winning director Steve McQueen.
- Bonus: Small Axe - Alex Wheatle Behind-the-Scenes FeaturetteThis video is currently unavailableDecember 17, 20205minTV-14SubtitlesEnglishAudio languagesEnglishSmall Axe Executive Producers take you behind the scenes of the fourth film in the collection—Alex Wheatle.
- Bonus: Small Axe - Mangrove Behind-the-Scenes FeaturetteThis video is currently unavailableDecember 3, 20204minTV-14SubtitlesEnglishAudio languagesEnglishSmall Axe Executive Producers take you behind the scenes of the first film in the collection—Mangrove.
More details
- Directors
- Steve McQueen
- Network
- Amazon Studios
- Amazon Maturity Rating
- 16+ Young Adults. Learn more
- Content advisory
- Foul languagedrug usesexual contentviolence
- Supporting actors
- Amarah-Jae St AubynMicheal WardSheyi ColeKenyah Sandy