Steve McQueen says people will be “disturbed” by new Grenfell documentary
nme.com12 Years A Slave director Steve McQueen says people will be “disturbed” by his new Grenfell documentary.Sitting down with The Guardian to talk about the 24-minute-long work, which focuses on the 2017 tragedy, the Oscar-winning filmmaker said he didn’t “want to let people off the hook” when it came to the reality of what transpired.
He said that he knew his unflinching work would make people feel “disturbed,” and possibly offend them.“You must understand that the violence that was inflicted on that community was no joke,” McQueen told the newspaper. “I didn’t want to let people off the hook.
There are going to be people who are going to be a little bit disturbed. When you make art, anything half decent … there are certain people you will possibly offend.
But that is how it is.”He added: “I wanted to put the building in perspective of our everyday [life]. It’s not isolated. That is important because you [the viewer] put it in the perspective of yourself.”The British director has held back on screening the film of the burnt-out North Kensington tower-block ruin.
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