2020
TV-MA
Amazon Prime Video
1 h 3 m

2020
TV-MA
Amazon Prime Video
1 h 3 m

Summary Education is the coming of age story of 12-year-old Kingsley (Kenyah Sandy), who has a fascination for astronauts and rockets. When Kingsley is pulled to the headmaster's office for being disruptive in class, he discovers he's being sent to a school for those with "special needs." Distracted by working two jobs, his parents (Sharlene Why...

Directed By: Steve McQueen

Written By: Alastair Siddons, Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Steve McQueen

2020
TV-MA
Amazon Prime Video
1 h 3 m

2020
TV-MA
Amazon Prime Video
1 h 3 m

Small Axe: Education

Name: Small Axe: Education
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 2020-12-18
Duration: 1 min 3 s
Rating: 87
Cast: Naomi Ackie, Jade Anouka, Temirlan Blaev, Nigel Boyle, Tabitha Byron

Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 15 Critic Reviews

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 21 User Ratings

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Directed By: Steve McQueen

Written By: Alastair Siddons, Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Steve McQueen

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TheWrap

Dec 6, 2020

McQueen and co-writer Alastair Siddons capture that sense that the children of immigrants often have of living with one foot in their adopted country and one in their parents’ homeland.

By Alonso Duralde FULL REVIEW

Variety

Dec 13, 2020

The brilliance of this particular episode is how it allows us to see ourselves in Kingsley and to consider the many unseen forces at play in our own socialization. For Black audiences, it confirms many of those invisible barriers. For white ones, it may lead them to question whether the myth of their “success” owes in part to keeping others back.

By Peter Debruge FULL REVIEW

Screen Daily

Dec 7, 2020

Education is aptly titled as a finale, as it describes the effect of the Small Axe series, but the word ‘open’ also comes to mind.

By Fionnuala Halligan FULL REVIEW

RogerEbert.com

Dec 18, 2020

This is heavy material, to be sure, but it’s not without dark humor.

By Odie Henderson FULL REVIEW

Consequence

Dec 18, 2020

Education is a tinier, more intimate button on McQueen’s set of stories, but it’s one of its most potent: the simple act of learning is powerful actualization, so proven in the white establishment’s efforts to make it so inaccessible to Black people.

By Clint Worthington FULL REVIEW

Empire

Dec 17, 2020

In his final and perhaps most personal Small Axe chapter, McQueen superbly rounds off a succulent portrayal of the resilience of Black British people ending where it matters most — the youth.

By Corrina Antrobus FULL REVIEW

Movie Nation

Dec 7, 2020

It’s brief, but not so much to-the-point as wandering around it for an hour. And while it doesn’t spoil the effect of the whole, it does feel wanting as a finale. It’s the dullest “Small Axe” of the five.

By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 21 User Ratings

7.0

81% Positive
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5% Mixed
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Generally Favorable Based on 21 User Ratings

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81% Positive
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5% Mixed
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14% Negative
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Production Company British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), BBC Film, Turbine Studios, Lammas Park, EMU Films, BBC Studios Distribution, Six Temple Productions, Creative England

Release Date Dec 18, 2020

Duration 1 h 3 m

Rating TV-MA

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Website https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000qfb1

Small Axe: Education

Top Cast

Naomi Ackie

Hazel

Jade Anouka

Mrs. Morrison

Temirlan Blaev

Pupil

Nigel Boyle

Mr. Hamley

Tabitha Byron

Sheila

Ralph Davis

Senior Teacher

Kate Dickie

Miss Gill

Sam Fourness

Mr. Kimble

Daniel Francis

Esmond Smith

Aiyana Goodfellow

Nina

Roshawn Hewitt

Baz

Trevor Laird

Augustin Wood

Tamara Lawrance

Stephanie Smith

Jo Martin

Mrs. Bartholomew

Ryan Masher

Joseph

Kayla Meikle

Mrs. Howard

Nathan Moses

Ashley

Adrian Rawlins

Headmaster

Kenyah Sandy

Kingsley Smith

Josette Simon

Lydia

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