On Amazon Prime, there is a series of films by Steve McQueen under the title Small Axe; they are related in that they are based on the real-life experiences of London’s West Indian community in the recent past. Mangrove is the first film in the series. The Oscars and the Emmys are perhaps more invested […]
Mangrove
Steve McQueen’in “Mangrove” filminin açılış sekansı, Frank Crichlow’u (Shaun Parkes) bodrum katındaki bir kumarhaneden ve Notting Hill’in batı Londra mahallesinin birkaç blok boyunca filme adını veren restorana kadar takip ediyor. (Sahibi o.) Yıl 1968 ve sokaklar göçmenlere saldıran ve ırkçı politikacı Enoch Powell’ı öven grafitilerle dolu. Bu korkunç alametler, canlı sokak hayatı ve film müziğindeki…
“Mangrove” İncelemesi: Bir Restoranın Radikalizmi
The story of the Mangrove Nine, when a group of Black West Indie-British activists fought back against racist police raids in a tense series of courtroom showdowns, seemed to pitch itself as a movie even when it unfolded in 1970. It only took fifty years, but writer-director Steve McQueen’s Mangrove works overtime to fill the […]
NYFF: Mangrove – Movie Review
