#1177e: McQUEEN, Steve: Education (2020)
McQUEEN, Steve (United Kingdom)
Education [2020]
Education [2020]
Spine #1177e
Blu-ray
A Black boy’s journey through an ineffectual public school system reveals the racial inequities built into everyday British life. Young Kingsley Smith (Kenyah Sandy) is a spirited aspiring astronaut with a love of drawing whose life is turned upside down when he is thrust into a new school for the “educationally subnormal”—a harrowing experience that gradually awakens his mother (Sharlene Whyte) to the institutional mistreatment of the children of West Indian immigrants. Shot on Super 16 mm to evoke BBC television dramas from the 1970s, the final Small Axe film concludes the pentalogy with a hopeful vision of the power of Black-led collective action.
66 Minutes
Color
5.1 Surround
1:60:1
Criterion Release 2023
Color
5.1 Surround
1:60:1
Criterion Release 2023
Director/Writers
Screenplay by Alastair Siddons and Steve McQueen.
McQueen was 51 when he directed Education.
Other McQueen films in the Collection:
#504: Hunger (2008)
#1177a: Mangrove (2020)
#1177b: Lovers Rock (2020)
#1177c: Red, White and Blue (2020)
#1177d: Alex Wheatle (2020)
McQueen was 51 when he directed Education.
Other McQueen films in the Collection:
#504: Hunger (2008)
#1177a: Mangrove (2020)
#1177b: Lovers Rock (2020)
#1177c: Red, White and Blue (2020)
#1177d: Alex Wheatle (2020)
The Film
a
Film Rating (0-60):
By Spine #
60
The Extras
The Booklet
Thirty-two page booklet featuring an essay by film programmer and critic Ashley Clark.
Commentary
None.
Conversation
Between McQueen and writer and professor Paul Gilroy.
Behind-the-scenes featurettes
Including interviews with McQueen, executive producer Tracey Scoffield, writing consultant Alex Wheatle, and members of the Small Axe cast.
Uprising (2021)
A three-part documentary codirected by McQueen and James Rogan about the tragic 1981 New Cross house fire.
Audio conversation
Among McQueen, music producer Dennis Bovell, and Beastie Boys member Mike D.
Trailers
Extras Rating (0-40):
The Booklet
Thirty-two page booklet featuring an essay by film programmer and critic Ashley Clark.
Commentary
None.
Conversation
Between McQueen and writer and professor Paul Gilroy.
Behind-the-scenes featurettes
Including interviews with McQueen, executive producer Tracey Scoffield, writing consultant Alex Wheatle, and members of the Small Axe cast.
Uprising (2021)
A three-part documentary codirected by McQueen and James Rogan about the tragic 1981 New Cross house fire.
Audio conversation
Among McQueen, music producer Dennis Bovell, and Beastie Boys member Mike D.
Trailers
Extras Rating (0-40):
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