All season long, Steve McQueen’s unique project Small Axe, billed as a collection of five films, has been puzzled over. Not due to quality, of course, since it’s quite good, but as to whether this production with Amazon was a series of movies, or a work of television?
For example, the Academy deems it TV, and so has the Golden Globes, various critics groups have recognized it as cinema. Now, we actually have the intended answer from McQueen himself, who seeks to clear up any remaining confusion.
Read on to see where he falls in terms of the two sides of the debate… Here’s a bit from his comments to The Hollywood Reporter: Steve McQueen’s BBC and Amazon anthology series Small Axe has been racking up awards — along with some confusion.
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