Name: Small Axe
Genre: Drama, Anthology

Small Axe Episode 1.02 Lovers Rock

Small Axe Episode 1.02 Lovers Rock

Episode Premiere

November 27, 2020

Genre

Drama,Anthology

Production Company

Amazon Studios, BBC Films

Official Site

http://www.amazon.com/Small-Axe-Mangrove-Trailer/dp/B08J4J96W1/

Information

Episode Premiere

November 27, 2020

Genre

Drama,Anthology

Period

2020 - Now

Production Co

Amazon Studios, BBC Films

Distributor

Amazon, BBC One

Official Site

http://www.amazon.com/Small-Axe-Mangrove-Trailer/dp/B08J4J96W1/

Cast and Crew

Director

Steve McQueen

Screenwriter

Steve McQueen, Courttia Newland

Main Cast

Letitia Wright as Altheia Jones
John Boyega as Leroy Logan
Malachi Kirby
Shaun Parkes
Rochenda Sandall
Alex Jennings
Jack Lowden
Amarah-Jae St. Aubyn
Micheal Ward
Kedar Williams-Stirling

Additional Cast

Shaniqua Okwok
Kedar Williams-Stirling
Ellis George
Alexander James-Blake
Kadeem Ramsay
Francis Lovehall
Daniel Francis-Swaby

Synopsis

"Lovers Rock" is the second in a collection of five films by Steve McQueen inspired by real-life events about ordinary people showing courage, belief, and resilience to overcome injustice and achieve something transformative in their West Indian community.

"Lovers Rock" tells a fictional story of young love at a blues party in 1980. The film is an ode to the romantic reggae genre called lovers rock, and to the black youth who found freedom and love in its sound at London house parties, at a time when they were unwelcome in white nightclubs.