Small Axe (TV Miniseries)
2020 · Series · 55 min. · United Kingdom
Small Axe is a collection of five original films by Steve McQueen set from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s that tell personal stories from London's West Black community, whose lives have been shaped by their own force of will despite rampant racism and discrimination. The title refers to a Bob Marley song, “If you are the tall tree, then we are the small axe,” the saying goes.
Direction Steve McQueen
Cast Shaun Parkes · Letitia Wright · John Boyega · Sheyi Cole · Kenyah Sandy · Jo Martin · Malachi Kirby · Rochenda Sandall · Micheal Ward · Amarah-Jae St. Aubyn · Sam Spruell · Jonathan Jules · Naomi Ackie · Jack Lowden · Gershwyn Eustache Jnr · Steve Toussaint · Nathaniel Martello-White · Richie Campbell · Shaniqua Okwok · Francis Lovehall · Kedar Williams-Stirling · Ellis George · Alexander James-Blake · Antonia Thomas · Joy Richardson · Daniel Francis-Swaby · Seroca Davis · Liam Garrigan · Elliot Edusah · Tyrone Huntley · Robbie Gee · Fumilayo Brown-Olateju · Asad-Shareef Muhammad · Ashley McGuire · Sharlene Whyte · Tamara Lawrance · Daniel Francis · Josette Simon · Ryan Masher · Jairaj Varsani · Jodhi May · Calum Callaghan · Alex Jennings · Richard Cordery · Jay Simpson · Jim Sturgeon · Nigel Boyle · Joe Tucker · Leah Walker · Nadine Marshall · Johann Myers · Romario Simpson · Zakiyyah Deen · Ciarán Owens · Kadeem Ramsay · Tabitha Byron · Jumayn Hunter · Adrian Rawlins · Gary Beadle · Marcus Fraser · Mark Stanley · Saffron Coomber · Assad Zaman · Jaden Oshenye · Kate Dickie · Frankie Fox · Khali Best · Derek Griffiths · Xavien Russell · Jack Bence · Stewart Wright · Neal Barry · Llewella Gideon · Roshawn Hewitt · Lorna Gayle · Nicholas Burns · Trevor Laird · Michelle Greenidge · Jade Anouka · Neil Maskell · John Hodgkinson · Steve Nicolson · Joseph Quinn · Joshua Hill · Tyrone Huggins · Temirlan Blaev · Kayla Meikle · Samuel West · Cory Peterson · James Hillier · Steven O'Neill · Ben Caplan
Soundtrack Mica Levi
Screenplay Rebecca Lenkiewicz · Steve McQueen · Alastair Siddons · Courttia Newland
Cinematography Shabier Kirchner
Original title Small Axe
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