Mangrove 9 (film)

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Movie
Original title Mangrove 9
Country of production United Kingdom
original language English
Publishing year 2020
Rod
Director Steve McQueen
script Steve McQueen,
Alastair Siddons
production Anita Overland,
Michael Elliott
camera Shabier Kirchner
occupation

Mangrove 9, or Mangrove for short, is a film drama by Steve McQueen that will premiere at the New York Film Festival 2020 and will be released later this year in the US via Amazon Prime Video and shown on BBC One . The film deals with police violence and arbitrariness against the black population, but also the rebellion during a demonstration, the so-called "Mangrove March", in 1970 and the subsequent arrest of the Mangrove Nine .

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The film tells the true story of Mangrove Nine , a group of black British activists who cracked down on police during a 1970 demonstration that raided Mangrove, a restaurant in West London.

The Mangrove Nine

Barbara Beese, one of the Mangrove Nine, in August 1970

The Mangrove Nine were a group of British black activists who were charged with rioting in 1970. Their process took 55 days. They have all been acquitted of the most serious charges. During the trial, racist behavior was first detected in the UK by the Metropolitan Police.

The "Mangrove" after which the nine were named was a restaurant and an important meeting place for the black community in the Notting Hill area, including black intellectuals and activists. Despite the lack of evidence, it was repeatedly searched by police in drug raids. In total, "The Heavy Mob", as the unit was called, carried out twelve raids between January 1969 and July 1970. In response, the black community held a protest on August 9, 1970, during which 150 people marched to the local police station. Violence between police and protesters resulted in a number of arrests. After several options were considered, including inciting racial hatred under the Race Relations Act and deportation under new immigration regulations, the Mangrove Nine were eventually charged with rioting. The case was dismissed by the presiding judge, who found that the testimony of 12 police officers indicated that they equated black radicalism with criminal intent. Nevertheless, the trial was again enforced, with two of the 12 members of the jury being blacks. The Mangrove Nine arrested after the march and charged with rioting included Barbara Beese, Rupert Boyce, Frank Crichlow, Rhodan Gordon, Darcus Howe, Anthony Innis, Altheia Jones-LeCointe, Rothwell Kentish and Godfrey Millett.

production

British director Steve McQueen directed it . A year after his success with 12 Years a Slave at the 2014 Academy Awards, it was announced that he was planning a six-part series for the BBC, with John Boyega in the casting. Later Mangrove 9, or Mangrove for short, was planned as one of the planned episodes of the Small Ax project directed by McQueen. As in the film, the heart of the series should be the eponymous restaurant "Mangrove" in Ladbroke Grove. From this idea McQueen developed the film for an ultimately five-part film series. Steve McQueen wrote the script with Alastair Siddons .

The cast list includes Letitia Wright as Altheia Jones, Malachi Kirby as Darcus Howe, Rochenda Sandall as Barbara Beese, Shaun Parkes , Jack Lowden , Sam Spruell , Gershwyn Eustache Jr. and Gary Beadle .

At the beginning of June 2020 it was announced that Mangrove was in the "official selection", a selection of 56 films from the Cannes Film Festival originally planned for May 2020 , which have been canceled in their usual form due to the coronavirus pandemic. Like Lovers Rock , which was also to be shown in Cannes, McQueen dedicated the film to George Floyd . A first screening is planned for the New York Film Festival , which will start at the end of September 2020 , where Lovers Rock will also be presented. Mangrove is scheduled to open the London Film Festival on October 7, 2020 and celebrate its European premiere here.

At the beginning of August 2020, BBC One presented the first trailer and thus also the first of the Small Axes film series. As for the trailer's release date, McQueen said August 9 was the 50th anniversary of the Mangrove March, which led to the arrest of nine innocent black men and women: “It was a march marked by the relentless brutality of the Police in Notting Hill became necessary. In commemoration of the bravery of these community activists and the nine who were later acquitted for rioting with the judge citing 'evidence of racial hatred', I am sharing the trailer for Mangrove ”. Later in the year, the film will be released in the US on Amazon Prime Video and shown on BBC One.

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Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ a b c Josh Wilson: BBC Release First Trailer For Steve McQueen's 'Small Ax' To Honor 50 Years Since London's Mangrove Protests. In: Forbes, August 7, 2020.
  3. ↑ https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/steve-mcqueen-mangrove-small-axe-anthology-1041310/
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  5. ↑ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3464896/episodes?ref_=tt_ov_epl
  6. ↑ Zack Sharf: Steve McQueen's 'Small Ax' TV Series Is Now Five Movies Dedicated to George Floyd. In: indiewire.com, June 3, 2020.
  7. ↑ BBC One release trailer for Small Ax film, Mangrove, to mark 50 years since the Mangrove protest. In: bbc.co.uk, August 7, 2020.
  8. ↑ a b c Zack Sharf: 'Mangrove' Trailer: Steve McQueen Directs a Powerful Letitia Wright in 'Small Ax' Movie. In: indiewire.com, August 7, 2020.
  9. ↑ Steve McQueen dedicates two new films to George Floyd. In: ksta.de, June 4, 2020.
  10. ^ Lindsey Bahr: Steve McQueen sets 3 premieres at the New York Film Festival. In: The Washington Post, August 3, 2020.
  11. ↑ Andreas Wiseman: London Film Festival To Open With Steve McQueen's Race Drama 'Mangrove' Starring Letitia Wright. In: August 24, 2020.
  12. ↑ Steve McQueen set 3 Premieres at New York Film Festival. In: The New York Times, August 3, 2020.