Five-Film Anthology ‘Small Axe’ Is Bringing Its Tales of Race and Resistance to Your Streaming Queue – Concrete Playground

Across a period of ten years from 2008–2018, British filmmaker Steve McQueen made four features — and every single one has proved essential viewing. It started with Hunger, with Michael Fassbender stepping into the shoes of Bobby Sands, the IRA member who famously went on a hunger strike while imprisoned in Northern Ireland. Then came Shame, with Fassbender playing a sex addict and Carey Mulligan co-starring as his sister. Nine-time Oscar nominee 12 Years a Slave followed, featuring powerful performances by Chiwetel Ejiofor and Academy Award-winner Lupita Nyong’o (and yes, Fassbender, too). And, last up, the Fassbender-free Widows delivered one of the flat-out best heist movies ever made.

Across a five-day…