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Small Axe

Season 1
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
IMDb 7.920205 episodes
16+
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Mangrove
    November 19, 2020
    2 h 7 min
    16+
    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.
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  2. S1 E2 - Lovers Rock
    November 26, 2020
    1 h 10 min
    16+
    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.
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  3. S1 E3 - Red, White and Blue
    December 3, 2020
    1 h 20 min
    16+
    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.
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  4. S1 E4 - Alex Wheatle
    December 10, 2020
    1 h 6 min
    16+
    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.
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  5. S1 E5 - Education
    December 17, 2020
    1 h 3 min
    16+
    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.
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Content advisory
Violencesubstance usealcohol usesmokingfoul languagesexual content
Subtitles
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Directors
Steve McQueen
Producers
Steve McQueenTracey ScoffieldDavid TannerMichael ElliottAnita Overland
Starring
John BoyegaLetitia WrightShaun Parkes
Studio
Amazon Studios
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