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John Boyega isn't going to 'take the money and shush'
Read full article: John Boyega isn't going to 'take the money and shush'This year, Boyega has made it clear he doesn't feel that way, that he isnโt going to bite his tongue. The five-film series is playing on the BBC in the U.K. and on Amazon Prime in the U.S.; โRed, White and Blueโ will debut Dec. 4 on Amazon. In the true story, Boyega plays Leroy Logan, an aspiring research scientist who gives up the lab to join the overwhelmingly white London police force in the 1980s. โRed, White and Blueโ puts Boyega front and center and wrestles with many of the social issues -- race, change, belonging -- that he is grappling with, too. Since Boyegaโs comments about โStar Wars,โ heโs received a supportive phone call from producer Kathleen Kennedy that Boyega has described as frank and transparent.
Steve McQueen unveils an anthology of racism and resistance
Read full article: Steve McQueen unveils an anthology of racism and resistanceNEW YORK โ In a movie year mostly lacking big, ambitious releases, Steve McQueenโs โSmall Axeโ anthology is an unqualified main event. For the filmmaker of โHunger,โ โShameโ and โWidows,โ โSmall Axeโ is a shattering masterwork โ a compendium, both damning and celebratory, of Black resilience. The only fictional tale of the bunch, it brings to vivid, pulsating life a blues party from 1980, when young London Black people found refuge, and love, at house parties. Casting โSmall Axe,โ he has said, was easy because of all the untapped talent just in need of an opportunity. But if anyone expecting a neat arc to โSmall Axe,โ McQueen says thatโs not its shape.