
The European Film Academy will honor British director Steve McQueen with the Award for Innovative Storytelling for his anthology film series Small Axe at the 34th European Film Awards.

The European Film Academy will honor British director Steve McQueen with the Award for Innovative Storytelling for his anthology film series Small Axe at the 34th European Film Awards.

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The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) today named “Small Axe” Steve McQueen’s anthology series, as Best Picture of the Year. Small Axe is an anthology series comprised of five original films set from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s that tell personal stories from London’s West Indian community, whose lives have been shaped by their own force of will despite rampant racism and discrimination. The title is derived from the African proverb, “If you are the big tree, we are the small axe.”

Amazon Prime Video released the official trailer for Education, the fifth and final film in Steve McQueen’s Small Axe anthology series featuring Kenyah Sandy and Sharlene Whyte, premiering on Friday, December 18.

Amazon Prime Video released the official trailer for Red, White and Blue, the third film in Steve McQueen’s Small Axe anthology series. Small Axe premiered with Mangrove starring Letitia Wright and Shaun Parkes on Friday, November 20, and a new films will premiere each Friday as follows: Lovers Rock on 11/27 starring Micheal Ward & Amarah-Jae St. Aubyn, Red, White and Blue on 12/4 starring John Boyega, Alex Wheatle on 12/11 with newcomer Sheyi Cole, and the final film Education on 12/18 featuring Kenyah Sandy.

Amazon Prime released the official trailer for Lovers Rock, the second film in Steve McQueen’s Small Axe anthology. Small Axe will premiere with Mangrove starring Letitia Wright and Shaun Parkes on Friday, November 20, with a new film premiering each Friday as follows: Lovers Rock on 11/27 starring Micheal Ward and Amarah-Jae St. Aubyn, Red, White and Blue on 12/4 starring John Boyega, Alex Wheatle on 12/11 with newcomer Sheyi Cole, and the final film Education on 12/18 featuring Kenyah Sandy.

“If you are the big tree, we are the small axe.”
Jamaican proverb.