Small Axe. :, a collection of films from Steve McQueen /, writers, Steve McQueen, Alastair Siddons, Courttia Newland ; director, Steve McQueen ; producers, Mike Elliot, Anita Overland ; a Turbine Studios and Lammas Park production, Disc two
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Small Axe. :, a collection of films from Steve McQueen /, writers, Steve McQueen, Alastair Siddons, Courttia Newland ; director, Steve McQueen ; producers, Mike Elliot, Anita Overland ; a Turbine Studios and Lammas Park production, Disc two
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eng
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videorecording
Main title
Small Axe. :
Oclc number
11269020673
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writers, Steve McQueen, Alastair Siddons, Courttia Newland ; director, Steve McQueen ; producers, Mike Elliot, Anita Overland ; a Turbine Studios and Lammas Park production
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208
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a collection of films from Steve McQueen /
Summary
Red, white and blue: Spotlights the true story of Leroy Logan, who at a young age saw his father assaulted by two policemen, motivating him to join the Metropolitan Police and change their racist attitudes from withinAlex Wheatle: Alex Wheatle follows the true story of award-winning writer, Alex Wheatle, from a young boy through his early adult years. Having spent his childhood in a mostly white institutional care home with no love or family, he finally finds not only a sense of community for the first time in Brixton, but his identity and ability to grow his passion for music and DJing. When he is thrown in prison during the Brixton Uprising of 1981, he confronts his past and sees a path to healingEducation: Education is the coming of age story of 12-year-old Kingsley, who has a fascination for astronauts and rockets. When Kingsley is pulled to the headmaster's office for being disruptive in class, he discovers he's being sent to a school for those with "special needs." Distracted by working two jobs, his parents are unaware of the unofficial segregation policy at play, preventing many Black children from receiving the education they deserve, until a group of West Indian women take matters into their own hands
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- Television mini-series
- Segregation in education -- England -- London -- Drama
- Historical television programs
- Brixton (London, England) -- Drama
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Wheatle, Alex, 1963- -- Drama
- Television melodramas
- Fiction television programs
- Police + Attitudes -- England -- London -- Drama
- Racism -- Drama
- West Indians -- England -- London -- Drama
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- Historical television programs
- Brixton (London, England) -- Drama
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Wheatle, Alex, 1963- -- Drama
- Television melodramas
- Fiction television programs
- Police + Attitudes -- England -- London -- Drama
- Racism -- Drama
- West Indians -- England -- London -- Drama
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