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Steve McQueen and BBC Team for U.K. Race Relations Series Uprising Naman Ramachandran, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail After the global success of “Small Axe,” the BBC and acclaimed British filmmaker Steve McQueen are teaming again for documentary series “Uprising.” The three-part series will explore three seminal events of 1981 that changed race relations in the U.K. and defined them for a generation. In January 1981, a fire at a party in the London suburb of New Cross killed 13 Black teenagers. In March, more than 20,000 people joined Black People’s Day of Action, the first organized protest by Black Britons. And April was when the Brixton riots took place. ....
Steve McQueen, James Rogan to direct BBC1 three-parter “Uprising” Academy Award-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen and James Rogan are set to direct and executive produce the three-part series Uprising for BBC1. The 3 x 60-minute series will examine three events from 1981: . May 11, 2021 Academy Award-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen and James Rogan are set to direct and executive produce the three-part series Uprising for BBC1. The 3 x 60-minute series will examine three events from 1981: when the New Cross Fire killed 13 Black teenagers in January; Black People’s Day of Action in March, which saw more than 20,000 people join the first organized mass protest by Black British people; and the Brixton riots in April. ....
Small Axe Filmmaker Steve McQueen to Executive Produce BBC Films on Black Power, Education Scandal Naman Ramachandran, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Steve McQueen, currently riding a wave of global acclaim for his BBC/Amazon anthology “Small Axe,” will executive produce two Black-themed documentaries for the BBC. “Black Power,” which originated from an idea McQueen had while filming “Small Axe,” will examine how the Black Power movement came into being in the late 1960s and fought back against police brutality and racism. More from Variety The films features rare archive of Martin Luther King, Malcolm X and Stokely Carmichael’s activities in Britain, as well as footage of leading figures in the movement in the U.K., Altheia Jones-LeCointe, Darcus Howe and Roy Sawh. They shed fresh light on the stories of Black youth in the ’60s and ’70s who challenged the British establishment and helped to shape a new political and cultural landscap ....
Black Power (w/t), directed by BAFTA-nominated George Amponsah (The Hard Stop), and Subnormal, directed by Lyttanya Shannon with both films originating from filmmaker Steve McQueen ( 12 Years A Slave, Small Axe). Black Power (w/t; 1 x 90 minutes for BBC2 and BBC iPlayer) will examine how the Black Power movement came into being in the late 1960s and fought against police brutality and racism. It will feature archive of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcom X and Stokely Carmichael’s activities in Britain, as well as footage of leading figures in the UK movement such as Altheia Jones-LeCointe, Darcus Howe (pictured) and Roy Sawh. ....
Daniele Venturelli/WireImage; Courtesy of Subject John Boyega plays former London police officer Logan in Red, White and Blue, the third film in Amazon s series. Says the real Logan of seeing himself depicted: If there s anything that all the episodes have done, it s been the conversations that they ve created. The third film in the Small Axe anthology directed by Steve McQueen (considered a limited series by HFPA guidelines), Amazon and BBC s Red, White and Blue stars John Boyega as London Metropolitan Police Force Officer Leroy Logan, who worked within the system to create police reforms in the 1980s. Logan s encounters with racism on the force as the son of a Jamaican father (who himself was beaten by cops and falsely charged) are compounded by the alienating response within his community. From being nearly fatally left without backup support to being considered a traitor among London s West Indian immigrants, Logan was forced to fend for himself as he wor ....