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Alex Wheatle shows us that history is not enough
Steve McQueen’s fourth Small Axe film recounts the political journey of the writer Alex Wheatle from custody to consciousness. But the ex-taboo images it brings us also reflect the present we need to see.
By Jay Bernard
“Cinema is an oneiric medium and the cinema hall transposes you there”: Chaitanya Tamhane on his dream palaces
“Cinema is an oneiric medium and the cinema hall transposes you there”: Chaitanya Tamhane on his dream palaces“People need to know this”: County Lines and the teenage trauma of drug running
By Isabel Stevens
“The manifesto was: let’s trust our heritage, our talent and each other”: Shabier Kirchner on shooting Small Axe
By Aaron E. Hunt
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom explores the politics behind the ‘Mother of the Blues’
By Nadine Deller
Ronnie’s: Ronnie Scott & his World Famous Jazz Club rhapsodises Soho in blue
By Nick James
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