SMALL AXE: LOVERS ROCK (2020) - Steve McQueen - HD Trailer

SMALL AXE: LOVERS ROCK (2020) (UK) Drama, Romance Directed by Steve McQueen Official Selection 2020 • Cannes Film Festival • New York Film Festival • BFI London Film Festival CAST: Amarah-Jae St. Aubyn Micheal Ward Kedar Williams-Stirling Shaniqua Okwok Ellis George SYNOPSIS: Lovers Rock tells a fictional story of young love at a blues party in 1980. The film is an ode to the romantic reggae genre called lovers rock, and to the black youth who found freedom and love in its sound at London house parties, at a time when they were unwelcome in white nightclubs. REVIEWS: “Given McQueen’s tendency to focus on human suffering, it’s wonderful to see him cut loose here: Lovers Rock is easily the most exhilarating film he’s ever made.“ - Justin Chang, NPR “This is the shortest of the films in Steve McQueen’s Small Axe anthology, but its hypnotic beauty is immeasurable.“ - Stephanie Zacharek, TIME MAGAZINE