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What is the setting of the collection of films Small Axe?

  • London's West Indian community from the late 1960s to the early '80s

  • Paris's African community in the 1950s

  • Chicago's Latino community in the 1990s

  • New York's Asian community in the 2000s

Answer

Small Axe is a collection of five films by Steve McQueen that follow the lives of people from London's West Indian community from the late 1960s to the early'80s. The films explore themes of identity, race, class, and gender, and they have been praised for their realism and emotional power.
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