Underplayed Gems

Mangrove (2020)

Mangrove poster
Directed by
Steve McQueen
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How it feels

This film is about a group of Black activists in 1970s London who protest police raids on a local Caribbean restaurant. It follows their arrest and the subsequent trial, which becomes a landmark fight for justice.

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What happens

Mangrove is a 2020 historical legal drama film directed by British director Steve McQueen and co-written by McQueen and Alastair Siddons, about the Mangrove restaurant in west London and the 1971 trial of the Mangrove Nine. It stars Letitia Wright, Shaun Parkes, Malachi Kirby, Rochenda Sandall, Alex Jennings and Jack Lowden. The film was released as part of the anthology series Small Axe on BBC One on 15 November 2020 and Amazon Prime Video on 20 November 2020. It premiered as the opening film at the 58th New York Film Festival on 24 September 2020. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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