We are the small axe.
An anthology series of five stories looking at the lives of a group of friends and their families in London’s West Indian community from the late 1960s to the early 80s.
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Character
Earnest, grave, prestige and contemplative.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemplativerelentless
- character-ledplot-driven
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- Steve McQueenCreator
- Steve McQueenEditor
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Seasons
- Miniseries5 eps · 2020
Pairings
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Recommendations from TMDB. Opening one adds it to Curator Co.
