I’m grateful to the NYFF for their generosity and wish everyone a safe and healthy festival.”“Mangrove” is the true story of the Mangrove 9, a group of Black activists who clashed with London police during a protest march in 1970, and the highly publicized trial that followed. It was announced today by the New York Film Festival that three films from the anthology, “Mangrove,” “Lover’s Rock” and “Red, White, and Blue,” will premiere as part of the NYFF’s Main Slate, the rest of which will be disclosed in the coming weeks. There will be outdoor and virtual screenings, with indoor screenings only allowed if state and country health guidelines permit them. But this is a year unlike any other in the history of film festivals, with the coronavirus scuttling best-laid plans and forcing organizers to change things up on the fly. Lovers Rock is part of the Small Axe anthology, which comprises five original films by Academy Award, BAFTA, and Golden Globe-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen, which will premiere on BBC One later this year and air on Amazon Prime Video in the US. The New York Film Festival has announced its opening night film as well as plans for its physical events. According to NYFF, McQueen’s “ Lover’s Rock ” will be the Opening Night film at this year’s event, which is set to begin at the end of September. Film Festivals Steve McQueen's 'Lovers Rock,' part of a TV anthology series, will open the New York Film Festival. Offers may be subject to change without notice.

Amarah-Jae St. Aubyn makes her screen debut opposite Micheal Ward, Shaniqua Okwok, Kedar Williams-Stirling, Ellis George, Alexander James-Blake, Kadeem Ramsay. These three features will all be featured among the five films in the upcoming Amazon anthology from …

Lovers Rock is actually just one film from McQueen's new five-part anthology Small Axe . The opening night film this year will be “It’s an incredible honor and also very humbling to show three of my films at the New York Film Festival," McQueen said in a statement. You will be redirected back to your article in I’m grateful to the NYFF for their generosity and wish everyone a safe and healthy festival.

John Boyega and Steve Toussaint star in the film, which was co-written by Courttia Newland and McQueen.“Mangrove” and “Lovers Rock” were both selected to be at this year’s Cannes Film Festival before the coronavirus pandemic forced the festival team to “For months we’ve worked to both sustain and refresh NYFF — a champion of film as art since 1963 — and we’re honored that filmmaker Steve McQueen accepted our invitation to open the 58th New York Film Festival in an unprecedented manner, with one of three remarkable new films he’ll unveil at NYFF,” said Eugene Hernandez, director of the New York Film Festival.Last year’s opening night film was Scorsese’s “The Irishman.” Previous opening night features include Clint Eastwood’s “Mystic River,” Yorgos Lanthimos’s “The Favourite,” Alexander Payne’s “About Schmidt,” Ang Lee’s “Life of Pi,” and David Fincher’s “The Social Network.” Lovers Rock is actually just one film from McQueen's new five-part anthology Small Axe. COVID-19 has made in-person events difficult in 2020, but New York Film Festival is still happening this fall — focusing on outdoor screenings at drive-ins as well as "virtual" screenings and even some indoor ones pending approval from state health officials. The festival will screen films at the Queens Drive-In at Flushing Meadows Corona Park and the Brooklyn Drive-In at the Brooklyn Army Terminal.

I’m grateful to the NYFF for their generosity and wish everyone a safe and healthy festival. Two other films from “It’s an incredible honor and also very humbling to show three of my films at the New York Film Festival,” said McQueen. Steve McQueen’s Lovers Rock will get its world premiere as the opening night film of this year’s New York Film Festival (NYFF), set to run September 25 to October 11.
Rather, it is part of the filmmaker’s Small Ax anthology series, a chapter in a collection of original films that tell the story of London’s West Indian community.

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