Steve McQueen’s Small Axe collection of short films finally gets a UK air date with the first film showing on BBC One and iPlayer on November 15th. Red, White and Blue starring John Boyega will air on December 13th, and you can watch the trailer now.
The mini-series will tell five stories from within London’s West Indian community between the 1960s and 1980s, and Boyega stars in the episode ‘Red, White and Blue’, in which he portrays real-life Metropolitan Police officer Leroy Logan.
Logan set out to change the Met Police from within after witnessing his father being assaulted by two policemen, and went on to receive an MBE in 2001 for his role in developing anti-racist policies for the police.
He retired as a superintendent in 2013 after a 30-year career in the force.
Boyega’s episode was co-written by Courttia Newland and Steve McQueen, and also stars Steve Toussaint, Tyrone Huntley, Nathan Vidal and Jaden Oshenye, Deadline reports.
Meanwhile, the publication also adds that the other four films in the mini-series will be titled ‘Mangrove’, ‘Lovers Rock’, ‘Alex Wheatle’ and ‘Education’ –the first two of which were selected as part of the Cannes Film Festival line-up earlier this year.
