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Steve McQueens says British film industry “didn’t care enough” about Black talent

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12 Years A Slave, which told the story of slavery in the country.Asked by Homeland’s David Harewood in the Guardian why British Black actors frequently have to go to the US “in order to further their careers”, McQueen responded by saying the UK industry “didn’t care enough”.“That’s it, really,” he said. “The people in positions of real power and influence higher up in the industry didn’t care enough.

Full stop. They don’t care, so we have to do it ourselves.”McQueen’s work returned to the UK tonight (November 15) with his new anthology film series Small Axe launched on BBC One.

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