Small Axe Anthology

Director: Steve McQueen

With the five films that make up his Small Axe anthology (Mangrove; Lovers Rock; Red, White and Blue; Alex Wheatle; and Education), director Steve McQueen offers a richly evocative panorama of West Indian life in London from the 1960s through the '80s--a time defined for the community by the terror of police violence, the empowering awakening of political consciousness, and the ecstatic escape of a vibrant reggae scene. Ranging in tone from the tenderly impressionistic to the devastatingly clear-eyed, these powerfully performed portraits of Black resistance, joy, creativity, and collective action--all sumptuously shot by Shabier Kirchner--form a revolutionary counterhistory of mid-twentieth-century Britain at a transformational moment.

• Format: Blu-ray
• Language: English
• UPC: 715515283014
• Release Date: January 1
• Rating: R
• Publisher: The Criterion Collection
• Director: Steve McQueen
• Runtime: 2 hours, 27 minutes
• Number of Disks: 3
• Other Video Info: Blu-ray
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.