Steve McQueen Recalls Producers Rejecting ’12 Years a Slave’ Over False Beliefs About Black Films
The Oscar winner hit its DVD sales goal for the entire year in a single week, the director says.
The Oscar winner hit its DVD sales goal for the entire year in a single week, the director says.
NYFF: The latest entry from Steve McQueen’s “Small Axe” anthology finds Boyega attempting to beat institutional racism by joining the system.
The latest entry in McQueen’s “Small Axe” project turns the story of the Mangrove Nine into a taut and absorbing drama.
McQueen’s “Mangrove,” plus other films in the “Small Axe” trilogy, are dedicated to the memory of George Floyd.
One of the films, “Lovers Rock,” has already debuted to wall-to-wall raves at the ongoing New York Film Festival.
NYFF: The first entry of Steve McQueen’s “Small Axe” series to reach audiences is a galvanizing party movie with one helluva dance floor.
The filmmaker explains why he spent over a decade pursuing an ambitious series of stories that have been ignored in popular culture.
“Mangrove” is one of five new McQueen movies set to appear in the Oscar winner’s new BBC-Amazon anthology project “Small Axe.”
Three of McQueen’s five new anthology films will play at the festival, which will take shape through both outdoor and virtual screenings.
The BBC has announced it’s putting $124 million toward increasing inclusive programming.
“It’s not just about Black people working on Black films,” McQueen wrote in a new op-ed. “It’s about Black people working in film and television, period.”
McQueen’s new movies honor “black people that have been murdered, seen or unseen, because of who they are.”