Mangrove (2020)

Drama, Made for TV

Director: Steve McQueen

Writer(s): Steve McQueen, Alastair Siddons

Starring: Shaun Parkes, Letitia Wright, Malachi Kirby, Rochenda Sandall, Jack Lowden, Sam Spruell, Gershwyn Eustache Jnr, Nathaniel Martello-White, Richie Campbell, Jumayn Hunter, Gary Beadle, Richard Cordery, Alex Jennings, Derek Griffiths, Jodhi May, Llewella Gideon, Tahj Miles, Michelle Greenidge, Tayo Jarrett, Thomas Coombes, Joseph Quinn, Doreen Ingleton, Tyrone Huggins, Samuel West, Joe Tucker, James Hillier, Steven O’Neill, Ben Caplan, Stefan Kalipha, Jay Simpson, Akbar Kurtha, Shem Hamilton, Karl Farrer, Rudy Valentino Grant, Robert Jarvis, Lex Lamprey, Andrew G. Ogleby, Jon Prophet, Jason A. Rivers, Rachel Sophia-Anthony, Joshua Viner

Synopsis: Mangrove tells this true story of The Mangrove Nine, who clashed with London police in 1970. The trial that followed was the first judicial acknowledgment of behavior motivated by racial hatred within the Metropolitan Police. READ REVIEW

Release Date: November 20, 2020 (UK) | Length: 124 min | Genre: Drama | MPAA Rating: Unknown

Note: Part of the “Small Axe” anthology series (Alex Wheatle, Education, Lovers Rock, Mangrove, Red, White and Blue), based on the real-life experiences of London’s West Indian community and is set between 1969 and 1982.