After his selection small ax Steve McQueen re-examines black British history in three documentary projects.
McQueen investigates uprising, a three-part series he directed with documentary filmmaker James Rogan, every single time since 1981. The first episode focuses on The New Cross Fire, a house fire in London that killed 13 young black men.
“New Cross Fire is one of the most fatal disasters in recent British history,” McQueen said. “For forty years there has been no detail of what exactly happened and how the UK responded to it.”
“We can only learn if we look at things from the point of view of everyone involved,” he continues. “The New Cross Fire went down in history as a tragic footnote, but this event and what followed can now be considered milestones in British history.”
The other two episodes of uprising It revolves around Black People’s Action Day, a rally in response to The New Cross Fire, and Brixton Riots, a struggle between black protesters and British police previously discussed in the McQueens. small ax.
In addition, McQueen has also produced two documentaries, including Black Power: A British Story of Resistance By George Ambonsa during the rise of the black power movement in the United Kingdom in the late 1960s.
Amponsah focuses on some of the prominent figures within the Black Power movement such as Altheia Jones-LeCointe, Darcus Howe and Roy Sawh and discover rare footage of American activists Martin Luther King, Malcolm X and Stokely Carmichael giving speeches and campaigning in Britain. the soil.
The second documentary Unnatural: British Scandal By Litania Shannon It is about systematic racism in British schools during the 1960s and 1970s. Then black children were sent en masse to “young pupils” schools.
“Looking back gives us an idea of what we’ve accomplished today,” McQueen says. “These two documentaries show that we still have a long way to go in terms of freedom and justice.”
Watch a trailer for uprising and excerpts from black power employment Abnormal below. All three projects will be available on Amazon Prime starting September 17 in the US. It is unclear whether this also applies to Belgium.
Source: collider
