#John Boyega Confronts Police Brutality – /Film

#John Boyega Confronts Police Brutality – /Film

“#John Boyega Confronts Police Brutality – /Film” There are few directors that have properly utilized John Boyega to his full, star-powered potential, and Steve McQueen is one of those directors. In the latest of McQueen’s Small Axe films (a collection of interrelated films), Boyega gives one of the best performances of his career as a Black police…

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#Steve McQueen Invites You to a Party – /Film

#Steve McQueen Invites You to a Party – /Film

“#Steve McQueen Invites You to a Party – /Film” Steve McQueen‘s Small Axe anthology consists of five original films set from the late 1960s to the mid-1980s that “tell personal stories from London’s West Indian community.” The first trailer for one of those films – Lovers Rock – is here. Small Axe films played at the New York Film…

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#A Vital Courtroom Drama – /Film

#A Vital Courtroom Drama – /Film

“#A Vital Courtroom Drama – /Film” There have been a lot of conversations about Black pain as of late, whether in the news or in the movies. How do you thoughtfully depict it? Where is the line drawn? I’m far from an expert on the topic, but it seems to me that Steve McQueen, in Mangrove, the…

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