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Small Axe: Mangrove (TV)

Small Axe: Mangrove

2020

Steve McQueen

Shaun Parkes, Letitia Wright, Malachi Kirby, Rochenda Sandall ...

7.0

1,375

Drama "Mangrove" tells the true story of the Mangrove 9, the group of Black activists who clashed with London police during a protest march in 1970, and their highly publicised trial that followed. The trial was the first judicial acknowledgment of behaviour motivated by racial hatred within the Metropolitan Police... Mangrove centers on Frank Crichlow (Shaun Parkes), the owner of Notting Hill's Caribbean restaurant, Mangrove, a lively ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"A blistering indictment of sanctioned racism (...) McQueen gives a gripping, powerful account of a chapter in British history"
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"'Mangrove' is clear-sighted and genuinely passionate with performances which are straight from the heart (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Peter Debruge Variety	"In the tradition of the director’s 2008 debut, 'Hunger,' McQueen delivers another rousing story of resistance (...) In McQueen’s hands, the trial of the Mangrove Nine offers another angle on the same issue"
		Robert Daniels The Playlist	"'Mangrove' is an uplifting courtroom drama that shows the unity and self-empowerment of a little known Black collective fighting for autonomy and justice."
		Alonso Duralde The Wrap	"If a long history of hacky biopics and feel-good activist cinema made you think this kind of story was beyond telling on film with power or efficacy, McQueen proves that there’s still a way to do it right."
		Peter Travers ABC News	"Incendiary and indispensable (...) the thing that makes it essential viewing, is that McQueen has given us a movie that matters."
		Eric Kohn IndieWire	"McQueen turns the courtroom formula inside out (...) Considered on its own terms, “Mangrove” is first-rate filmmaking even when it falls into a tried-and-true recipe"
		Hoai-Tran Bui SlashFilm	"The most traditionally biographical of McQueen’s Small Axe films so far, Mangrove overcomes the hurdles of its more straitlaced biopic contemporaries by being so vitally alive."
		Odie Henderson rogerebert.com	"The standard, expected beats and tropes are hit, but what happens within those elements makes the film so powerful and so rewarding. (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"
		Jonathon Wilson Ready Steady Cut	"Powerful, immediate, well-observed, and endlessly relevant, Mangrove is a triumphant success (...) Rating: ★★★★½ (out of 5)"

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