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With Gary Beadle, Darren Braithwaite, Richie Campbell, Ben Caplan. Mangrove tells this true story of The Mangrove Nine, who clashed with London police in 1970. The trial that followed was the first judicial acknowledgment of behavior motivated by racial hatred within the Metropolitan Police.
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- Drama, History
- Steve McQueen
- 2020-11-20
Small Axe is a British anthology film series, created and directed by Steve McQueen. The anthology consists of five films that tell distinct stories about the lives of West Indian immigrants in London from the 1960s to the 1980s. [1] Two episodes of the series were selected into the 2020 Cannes Film Festival.
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Nov 15, 2020 · Mangrove tells the true story of Frank Crichlow, whose West Indian restaurant Mangrove, a lively community hub in London’s Notting Hill, attracted locals, activists, intellectuals...
The true story of the Mangrove restaurant, a lively community hub in London’s Notting Hill that was the subject of relentless police raids during the 1970s and a consequent...
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The seed of Small Axe was sown 11 years ago, soon after my first film, Hunger. Initially, I had conceived of it as a TV series, but as it developed, I realised these stories had to stand alone as original films yet at the same time be part of a collective. After all, Small Axe refers to a West Indian proverb that means together we are strong. The a...
Mangrove tells the true story of Frank Crichlow (Shaun Parkes), whose West Indian restaurant, Mangrove, a lively community hub in London’s Notting Hill attracted locals, activists, intellectuals and artists. In a reign of blatant racial discrimination, Crichlow finds himself and his drug-free business the brunt of relentless police raids. In a bid ...
The telling of a story such as Mangrove - a significant juncture in British race relations history, that marked a tremendously successful win at the Old Bailey Court that has been forgotten by many - carries a great responsibility. McQueen explains: “This is a story that I grew up knowing through my parents, my dad was friends with one of the Mangr...
“Great men make history, but only such history as it is possible for them to make. Their freedom of achievement is limited by the necessities of their environment. To portray the limits of those necessities and the realisation, complete or partial, of all possibilities, that is the true business of the historian.” When Trinidadian author, historian...
The visual terrain of Mangrove varies vastly from scene to scene. In one shot, there are innocent people in a cafe who are attacked by police while eating. In another, 150 actors and extras are protesting in the streets of Notting Hill. There are multiple court scenes with the Mangrove Nine in the dock, as well as more intimate scenes of principal ...
Production designer Helen Scott says: “Steve and I discussed the nature of this story, that at its centre was an unheard voice and one enormous cultural and social clash. We chose to convey this graphically, using the written word like posters and graffiti, and a limited but contrasting palette. I wanted that sense of urgency, unambiguity and clari...
The range of accents of the characters in this story authentically illustrates how West Indians were defined as one assimilated group by the British, but how in fact their culture, language and identity vary. Crichlow’s Mangrove helped bring islanders together. Accurately capturing the characters’ distinct West Indian accents mattered a great deal,...
Nov 20, 2020 · Small Axe: Mangrove. Amazon Prime. ‧ 2020. Odie Henderson. November 20, 2020. 7 min read. Though it precedes “ Small Axe: Lovers Rock ” in Steve McQueen ’s series, “Mangrove” follows it in this year’s New York Film Festival Main Slate premieres.
Nov 19, 2020 · The first episode in Steve McQueen’s “Small Axe” anthology dramatizes protest and police brutality in 1960s London.
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