EDUCATION (2020)

 

Story By & Directed by: Steve McQueen  Written by: Alastair Siddons  Cinematography: Shabier Kirschner Editor: Chris Dickens & Steve McQueen 

Cast: Naomi Ackie, Kenyah Sandy, Jade Anouka, Nigel Boyle, Daniel Francis, Sharlene Wyte 

Education is the coming of age story of 12-year-old Kingsley, who has a fascination for astronauts and rockets. When Kingsley is pulled to the headmaster's office for being disruptive in class, he discovers he's being sent to a school for those with "special needs." Distracted by working two jobs, his parents are unaware of the unofficial segregation policy at play, preventing many Black children from receiving the education they deserve, until a group of West Indian women takes matters into their own hands.

SMALL AXE: ALEX WHEATLE (2020)

 

Directed By: Steve McQueen  Written By: Steve McQueen & Alastair Siddons  Cinematography: Shabier Kirchner  Editor: Chris Dickens & Steve McQueen

Cast: Sheyi Cole, Khali Best, Fumilayo Brown-Olatej, Riley Burgin, Ross Cahill, Zakiyyah Deen, Robbie Gee, Jonathan Jules, Ashley McGuire 

Alex Wheatle follows the true story of award-winning writer, Alex Wheatle, from a young boy through his early adult years. Having spent his childhood in a mostly white institutional care home with no love or family, he finally finds not only a sense of community for the first time in Brixton, but his identity and ability to grow his passion for music and DJing. When he is thrown in prison during the Brixton Uprising of 1981, he confronts his past and sees a path to healing

JEFF OF THE CINEFILES & UNFINISHED BUSINESS: HALL OF FAME - FILE #0065: LOVER’S ROCK (2020)

Story & Directed By: Steve McQueen Written By: Steve McQueen & Courttia Newland  Cinematography: Shabier Kirchner  Editor: Chris Dickens & Steve McQueen 

Cast: Amarah-Jae St. Aubyn, Michael Ward, Shaniqua Okwok, Kedar Williams Stirling, Ellis George, Francis Lovehall, Daniel Francis-Swaby, Kadeem Ramsey 

A single evening at a house party in 1980s West London sets the scene, developing intertwined relationships against a background of violence, romance, and music.

WIDOWS (2018)

Directed By: Steve McQueen 
Written By: Gillian Flynn & Steve McQueen 
Based On “Widows” By: Lynda La Plante 
Cinematography By: Sean Bobbitt 
Editor: Joe Walker 

Cast: Viola Davis, Colin Farrell, Robert Duvall, Brian Tyree Henry, Daniel Kaluuya, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki, Cynthia Erivo, Liam Neeson, Lukas Haas, Jon Bernthal, Carrie Coon, Jacki Weaver, Ann Mitchell, Garret Dillahunt, Kevin J O’Connor 

 "Widows" is the story of four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands' criminal activities. Set in contemporary Chicago, amid a time of turmoil, tensions build when Veronica, Alice, Linda and Belle take their fate into their own hands and conspire to forge a future on their own terms.

SHAME (2011)

Directed By: Steve McQueen 
Written By: Steve McQueen &Abi Morgan 
Cinematography By: Sean Bobbitt 
Editor: Joe Walker 

 Cast: Michael Fassbender, James Badge Dale, Carey Mulligan, Nicole Beharie, Lucy Walters, Amy Haragreaves

HUNGER (2009)

Cast: Michael Fassbender

Directed By: Steve McQueen
Written By: Steve McQueen & Edna Walsh
Cinematography By: Sean Bobbitt
Editor: Joe Walker

A powerful film.