Alex Wheatle
An intimate account of a decisive moment in British history unfolds via the true story of one man’s awakening Black consciousness. Raised in a cold, oppressive children’s home that has left him estranged from his West Indian roots, the eponymous orphan Alex Wheatle (Sheyi Cole) gradually finds his voice as an artist, activist, and writer on the streets of Brixton—a transformation that intersects with the 1981 uprising in which the neighborhood’s mainly Black youth erupt in protest against police violence. Interwoven with the vibrant reggae that inspired its subject’s journey, Alex Wheatle crackles with the heady political and cultural energy of a singular time and place.
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Cast
- Khali Best
- Badger
- Fumilayo Brown-Olatej
- Dawn
- Riley Burgin
- Terry
- Ross Cahill
- Perry
- Sheyi Cole
- Alex Wheatle
- Zakiyyah Deen
- Rita
- Elliot Edusah
- Valin
- Dexter Flanders
- Floyd
- Robbie Gee
- Simeon
- Jonathan Jules
- Dennis Isaacs
- Ashley McGuire
- Cook
- Asad-Shareef Muhammad
- Young Alex
- Johann Myers
- Cutlass Rankin
- Cecilia Noble
- Mrs. Isaacs
- Louis J. Rhone
- Rankin’s Dread
- Lennox Tuitt
- Lincoln
- Leah Walker
- Beverley
- Shanelle Young
- Gloria Isaacs
Credits
- Director
- Steve McQueen
- Executive producer
- Tracey Scoffield
- Executive producer
- David Tanner
- Executive producer
- Steve McQueen
- Screenplay by
- Alastair Siddons
- 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
- Jacqueline Durran
- Hair and makeup designer
- JoJo Williams
- Script supervisor
- Phoebe Billington
- Casting
- Gary Davy
- Consultant
- Alex Wheatle
- 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 Alex Wheatle
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