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 Small Axe: Alex Wheatle 

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 Small Axe: Alex Wheatle 
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KJ's Leading Idiot

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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 will be released as part of the anthology series Small Axe on BBC One on 6 December 2020 and Amazon Prime Video on 11 December 2020.


Tue Dec 01, 2020 11:43 pm
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KJ's Leading Idiot

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Post Re: Small Axe: Alex Wheatle
This was a good biopic but given what came before this its a little too safe in its execution. The music is great here and Sheyi Cole is brilliant here. Its easy to empathize with the character without the need for story to be overly manipulative.

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