Steve McQueen

Red, White and Blue

Red, White and Blue

Both a hard-hitting indictment of structural injustice and a penetrating portrait of a complex man, Red, White and Blue boasts a passionate, multilayered performance from John Boyega as Leroy Logan, a research scientist whose decision to join London’s notoriously racist Metropolitan Police, in hopes of reforming it from the inside, brings him into conflict with his family, community, and very sense of self. Based on a true story, this nuanced exploration of Margaret Thatcher–era racial tensions powerfully portrays the psychic struggle of a lone man going up against a system designed to crush him.

Film Info

  • United Kingdom
  • 2020
  • 84 minutes
  • Color
  • 1.85:1
  • English

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$69.95

Red, White and Blue
Cast
Jack Bence
Taylor
Stephen Boxer
Chief inspector
John Boyega
Leroy Logan
Nicholas Burns
Mr. Purling
Calum Callaghan
Beck
Seroca Davis
Hyacinth
Liam Garrigan
Greg Huggan
Lorna Gayle
Linda
Joshua Hill
PC May
Tyrone Huntley
Leee
Neil Maskell
Inspector Willis
Tut Nyuot
Abraham
Samuel Oatley
PC Cooper
Joy Richardson
Mrs. Logan
Mark Stanley
Ed Harrigan
Antonia Thomas
Gretl
Steve Toussaint
Kenneth Logan
Assad Zaman
Asif
Credits
Director
Steve McQueen
Executive producer
Tracey Scoffield
Executive producer
David Tanner
Executive producer
Steve McQueen
Screenplay by
Courttia Newland
Screenplay by
Steve McQueen
Producer
Michael Elliott
Producer
Anita Overland
Director of photography
Shabier Kirchner
Supervising editor
Chris Dickens
Production designer
Helen Scott
Editor
Chris Dickens
Editor
Steve McQueen
Costume designer
Sinéad Kidao
Hair and makeup designer
JoJo Williams
Script supervisor
Phoebe Billington
Casting
Gary Davy
Consultant
Leroy Logan
Consultant
Paul Gilroy
Sound mixer
Ronald Bailey
Supervising art director
Adam Marshall
Stills photographer
Will Robson-Scott
Music supervisor
Ed Bailie
Music supervisor
Abi Leland

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