Alex Wheatle (2020)
- Directed by
- Steve McQueen
- Genre
- biographical film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
The film follows the young Black British novelist Alex Wheatle as he grows up in care and later gets involved in the 1981 Brixton uprising. It shows his time in prison and how he comes to terms with his identity and his past.
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What happens
Alex Wheatle is a 2020 historical drama film directed by Steve McQueen and co-written by McQueen and Alastair Siddons. It stars Sheyi Cole as Alex Wheatle, a Black British novelist who was sentenced to a term of imprisonment after the 1981 Brixton uprising. The film was released as part of the anthology series Small Axe on BBC One on 6 December 2020 and on Amazon Prime Video on 11 December 2020. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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