Sheyi Cole

Review Of Alex Wheatle: A Sluggish Film

Alex Wheatle(Amazon Prime Video) Starring Sheyi Cole, Robbie Gee Written & Directed by Steve McQueen Rating: ** ½ One of the rather intriguing quirks of Steve McQueen’s very fine ‘Small Axe’ series of five films, delineating the backlash of racism that the West Indian blacks faced in Britain in the 1970s and 80s,is that the films in series end with the struggle. We never see the protagonists enjoying the fruits of their success. Alex Wheatle went on to become a celebrated author after being incarcerated for participating in racial  | Click Here...