Movie Reviews
'Small Axe' is a powerful celebration of the black British experience
Director Steve McQueen triumphs with his five film series about a community’s will to survive the institutional racism of its adopted land
29 November 2020 - 00:00
Post-war Britain was, in spite of its victory in the greatest conflict ever witnessed by mankind, economically devastated. To address this problem, the government created incentives for immigrants from the shrinking colonies of the empire to come to the UK and gain citizenship in exchange for providing labour to help alleviate the shortages brought about by the war...
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