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Steve McQueen on ‘Uprising,’ His Docuseries Companion to ‘Small Axe,’ and the Power of Music

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Selome Hailu editorDirector Steve McQueen has followed up on “Small Axe,” last year’s narrative anthology series about West Indian immigrants in London, with another series about Black British history: “Uprising,” a three-part documentary series about three related events in 1981 — the New Cross house fire, Black People’s Day of Action and the Brixton riots.The series, which he co-directed with James Rogan, is now streaming on Amazon Prime, along with two companion documentaries that McQueen executive produced: “Black Power: A British Story of Resistance” and “Subnormal: A British Scandal,” the latter about British education of Black children.The first episode of “Uprising,” “Fire,” begins with interviews of people present at the party.

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