Steve McQueennever expected to make five feature films at once.
You don’t always have to do what has been done before."
These are very much British stories that have never been told, he says.
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Some of these stories have shaped the environment that we live in now.
I wanted to tell what was necessary, important, and urgent.
There’s a real spiritual release," McQueen says.
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“The explosion is on the dance floor.
Explosions aren’t necessarily to do with confrontation; I’m not interested in that.
Punk rock and reggae were very aligned to each other at the same time in England.
Coincidentally, Boyega recently made headlines for his powerfulanti-racism protest speechin London following the murder of George Floyd.
“I think it was cathartic,” McQueen says of the actor’s passionate display.
And by coincidence someone handed him a mic because the other person hadnt turned up yet.
It was a real emotional, cathartic, and unplanned moment.
I think the power and rawness of that, I was extremely impressed and very grateful that happened.”
I dont think theres ever been a time when these films would not have been relevant.
