Small Axe: Lovers Rock
Small Axe: Lovers Rock
FREE ADMISSION. Preceded by Q&A with Steve McQueen.
Preceded by Q&A with Steve McQueen.
FREE ADMISSION.
Steve McQueen’s Small Axe cycle of films collects five original features that portray different decades in the lives of a multi-generational West Indian community in London. Set in the early ‘80s and rumbling to infectious, vintage dub, rocksteady, and reggae 7-inch sides—with a dash of disco and live toasting thrown in—Lovers Rock centers around a bustling Noting Hill house party. Peaking with an unforgettable rendition of Dennis Bovell’s soulful "Silly Games," McQueen’s film is a warm and affectionate portrait of Black immigrant life.
DIRECTOR: Steve McQueen. WRITTEN BY: Courttia Newland, Steve McQueen. CAST: Amarah-Jae St. Aubyn, Micheal Ward, Shaniqua Okwok, Kedar Williams-Stirling. 2021. 70 min. UK. Color. English. Please note this film has not been rated by the MPA. DCP.
Academy Museum film programming generously funded by the Richard Roth Foundation.
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