"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 late 1960s through the early '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 tenderly impressionistic to 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. Films in this set: Mangrove (2020) Lovers Rock (2020) Red, White and Blue (2020) Alex Wheatle (2020) Education (2020)"