There's a heady, hypnotic interlude midway through Steve McQueen's dreamy celebration of Black community and culture, Lovers Rock, when Janet Kay's 1979 hit "Silly Games" plays out on the turntable and is taken up by the people crammed into the suburban London living room where a house party is being held.
For a full five minutes they continue singing a cappella — the women in particular — their voices matched by the ecstasy of their swaying bodies.
The massive speakers remain quiet and the only other sound is the shuffle of feet on wooden floorboards and an occasional exclamation of approval from the DJ.
The sole fictional story in McQueen's Small Axe anthology for BBC and Amazon, comprising five original films set around London's West.
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