Lovers Rock
Suffused with the intoxicating sounds of reggae, dub, and Lovers Rock, the second installment in Steve McQueen’s Small Axe series unfolds over the course of one rapturous night into dawn in early-1980s West London, as a young woman (the luminous Amarah-Jae St. Aubyn) sneaks out to attend a house party. As the alternately languorous and ecstatic rhythms pulse from a homemade sound system, romance sparks on the dance floor, small human dramas play out, and, for a moment, this gathering is a safe haven from the outside world. Aided by the sensuous cinematography of Shabier Kirchner, McQueen captures an exhilarating expression of Black joy in a society often intent on stifling it.
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Collector's Set
Cast
- Dennis Bovell
- Milton
- Saffron Coomber
- Grace
- Frankie Fox
- Eddie Marks
- Daniel Francis-Swaby
- Bammy
- Marcus Fraser
- Jabba
- Jermaine Freeman
- Skinner
- Ellis George
- Cynthia
- Alexander James-Blake
- Parker B
- Francis Lovehall
- Reggie
- Shaniqua Okwok
- Patty
- Kadeem Ramsay
- Samson
- Romario Simpson
- Lizard
- Amarah-Jae St. Aubyn
- Martha
- Micheal Ward
- Franklyn
- Kedar Williams-Stirling
- Clifton
Credits
- Director
- Steve McQueen
- Executive producer
- Tracey Scoffield
- Executive producer
- David Tanner
- Executive producer
- Steve McQueen
- Story by
- Steve McQueen
- Screenplay by
- Courttia Newland
- Screenplay by
- Steve McQueen
- Producer
- Anita Overland
- Producer
- Michael Elliott
- Director of photography
- Shabier Kirchner
- Supervising editor
- Chris Dickens
- Production designer
- Helen Scott
- Editor
- Chris Dickens
- Editor
- Steve McQueen
- Costume designer
- Jacqueline Durran
- Hair and makeup designer
- JoJo Williams
- Script supervisor
- Phoebe Billington
- Casting
- Gary Davy
- Sound mixer
- Ronald Bailey
- Supervising art director
- Adam Marshall
- Stills photographer
- Parisa Taghizadeh
- Stills photographer
- Will Robson-Scott
- Music supervisor
- Ed Bailie
- Music supervisor
- Abi Leland
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A scene from Lovers Rock
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