Steve McQueen says it took 11 years to create his new anthology ‘Small Axe’ and reveals why producers almost pulled out of his Oscar-winning film ’12 Years a Slave’

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The award-winning film director Steve McQueen spoke to Insider about “Small Axe,” his collection of five new films set to debut on Amazon Prime Video this week.

Each film explores a different story of West Indian people, living in London between the 1960s to the 1980s, and McQueen told Insider that he has been working on the project for over a decade.

The director also reflected on how the financial success of his 2013 movie “12 Years a Slave” ushered in a new generation of Black filmmakers in Hollywood.

“Just go back and look before ’12 Years a Slave’ and after,” McQueen said. “From a direct result of that, ‘Moonlight’ was made and ‘Selma’ was made because it was made by the same producers.”

 

Source: https://www.businessinsider.in/entertainment/