2020 | United Kingdom | Fiction

Red, White and Blue

  • English English 84 mins
  • Director | Steve McQueen
  • Writer | Courttia Newland, Steve McQueen
  • Producer | Michael Elliott, Anita Overland

STATUS: Released

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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.

Racism Courage Identity Reform Struggle
Film Organizations
The Criterion Collection
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