"Mangrove" is one of five new McQueen movies set to appear in the Oscar winner's new BBC-Amazon anthology project "Small Axe."

Amazon Prime has shared the first trailer for Steve McQueen's upcoming anthology project `Small Axe,` which consists of films, different films all directed by the `Shame` and `12 Years a Slave` Oscar winner. The first look footage below all comes from the installment `Mangrove.` Starring `Black Panther` favorite Letitia Wright, `Mangrove` is an official selection of the Cannes Film Festival and the New York Film Festival. `Small Axe` is McQueen's first television project and `Mangrove` marks the first new McQueen footage to debut following the 2018 release of the director's `Widows.`

Per an official Amazon synopsis, `Mangrove` tells 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. The trial was the first judicial acknowledgment of behavior motivated by racial hatred within the Metropolitan Police.` Starring opposite Wright is a cast that includes Shaun Parkes, Malachi Kirby, Rochenda Sandall, Jack Lowden, Sam Spruell, Gershwyn Eustache Jr., and Gary Beadle, among others. `Mangrove` was co-written by McQueen and Alastair Siddons.



Amazon has yet to announce an official release date for `Mangrove` or the `Small Axe` anthology project. Watch the `Mangrove` trailer in the video above.