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Small Axe: Red, White and Blue (TV)

Small Axe: Red, White and Blue

2020

Steve McQueen

John Boyega, Steve Toussaint, Joy Richardson, Antonia Thomas ...

6.7

865

Drama Spotlights the true story of Leroy Logan, who at a young age saw his father assaulted by two policemen, motivating him to join the Metropolitan Police and change their racist attitudes from within.

	Author	Review
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"A potent story that feels less like cinema than good TV (...) It’s caught in the moment we’re in, when hope waltzes with despair and the only thing that’s real is the struggle."	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"You have to wait until the very end of the credits to savour the full meaning of the title (...) Boyega carries the film with a compelling authority of his own (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Odie Henderson rogerebert.com	"'Red, White and Blue' got under my skin in ways I was not expecting. McQueen uses the police procedural format to interrogate what it’s like to be the only Black person in a hostile and racist job (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Eric Kohn IndieWire	"The movie is both a ferocious indictment and a call to action (...) 'Red, White and Blue' suggests that nobody can permanently fix a system designed to be broken, but it’s worth the struggle anyway."	POS
United States	David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"A stunning reflection on race, policing and the drive to make a difference."	POS
United Kingdom	Fionnuala Halligan Screendaily	"As the series moves on, it’s increasingly clear that McQueen’s tales of black British history can’t be boxed off and filed away on a shelf marked “the past”: after all, not all of this is historyThe story continues."	POS

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