Small Axe

Mangrove tells the true story of The Mangrove Nine, who clashed with London police in 1970. The trial that followed was the first judicial acknowledgement of behaviour motivated by racial hatred within the Metropolitan Police.

A single evening at a house party in 1980s West London sets the scene, developing intertwined relationships against a background of violence, romance and music.

The true story of Leroy Logan, a young forensic scientist with a yearning to do more than his solitary laboratory work. When he sees his father assaulted by two policemen, he finds himself driven to revisiting a childhood ambition to become a police officer and change their racist attitudes from within.

Having spent his childhood in a mostly white institutional care home with no love or family, Alex finally finds not only a sense of community for the first time in Brixton, but his identity and a passion for music. When he is arrested during the Brixton Uprising of 1981, he confronts his past and sees a path to healing.

12 year-old Kingsley has a fascination for astronauts and rockets. When Kingsley is pulled to the Headmaster's office for being disruptive, he discovers he's being sent to school for those with "special needs". Distracted by working two jobs, his parents are unaware of the unofficial segregation policy at his school, until a group of West Indian women take matters into their own hands.