So began Small Axe, a reference to a Bob Marley song based on an African proverb – “So if you are the big tree/We are the small axe/Ready to cut you down.” The films are about to air on BBC One as five standalone cinematic episodes, varying from just under an hour to just over two hours in length. “But this generation was starting to die without their stories having been told or recorded.” “Their lifetimes were spent during an era of real struggle with authorities like the police, and also the system,” recalls Scoffield.
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McQueen and the BBC were interested in creating a drama series depicting the experiences of first-generation West Indians living in London. At the time, the London-born director had just made a name for himself with his debut feature film, Hunger, the story of Bobby Sands and the IRA hunger strikes.
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In 2010, Tracey Scoffield, co-founder of Turbine Studios and executive producer of the Emmy-winning movie The Gathering Storm, received an email that would change not only the course of her next 10 years, but the boundaries of television drama.
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