Small Axe is a series that looks at life growing up in the 1970s-80s and depicts the realities of life and racial hatred from the public and authorities against People of Colour. Steve McQueen has done a great job of retelling these stories of real life people through his series which is now available for streaming on BBC iplayer. Director Anand Chhabra saw at first hand the production in November 2019 in his images below of the ‘Red, White and Blue story of Leroy Logan on set. Leroy was a pioneering Black people officer who tried to make changes within the force and was subject to a lot of racial hatred within the police force. The actor John Boyega brilliantly assumes his role. This film is very much in line with our own projects retelling history which you will see here as we retell the stories of Black & Asian and people of colour.
Oscar winning Director Steve McQueen on set of Red, White and Blue © Anand Chhabra
Actor plays a young Leroy Logan being harassed by policemen on the set of ‘Red, White and Blue’ ©Anand Chhabra