Kickin' & Streamin' Podcast

Small Axe: A Love Letter To London's West Indian Diaspora

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On this week's episode of Kickin' ' & Streamin' Podcast, Graham hosts the podcast solo as Jocelyn was unwell at the time of recording. Graham began by asking listeners to be lenient and bare with him as he attempts to "fly solo" on this episode discussing the Amazon Prime Video mini -series  "Small Axe," an anthology of 5 movies directed by Academy Award-winning British filmmaker Steve McQueen.  Graham explains that Small Axe is collection of stories about the lives of West Indian immigrants in London during the 1960's and 1970's.  As of now,  only 3 out of 5 films in Small Axe are available to stream on Prime Video and they are: 'Mangrove,' 'Lovers Rock,' and 'Red, White & Blue.' Graham began to discuss Mangrove, the first of the films; which tells the story of Frank Crichlow, played by Shaun Parkes the owner of a Caribbean restaurant in Notting Hill, London, who was the subject of police harassment; which led to a demonstration organize