Amazon has released a new trailer teasing the five films that make up “12 Years a Slave” and “Widows” director Steve McQueen’s “Small Axe” anthology series coming Amazon Prime worldwide.
The films tell stories about London’s West Indian community from the late 1960s through the mid 1980s and follows people whose lives have been “shaped by their own force of will despite rampant racism and discrimination”.
Leitita Wright, John Boyega, Shaun Parkes, Michael Ward, Amarah-Jae St. Aubyn, Kenyah Sandy, and Sheyi Cole lead the cast of the series which has set a release schedule and will arrive weekly:
Mangrove – November 20th
Lovers Rock – November 27th
Education – December 4th
Alex Wheatle – December 11th
Red, White and Blue – December 18th
“Mangrove” and “Lovers Rock” were shown at both the Cannes & New York Film Festivals, while “Red, White, and Blue” is also showing at New York.
