'Mangrove' Film Screening (Staff and Sixth Form Students Only) - Tuesday 19 October.

The History Department will be screening Steve McQueen’s ‘Mangrove’ about the Mangrove 9, after school in the main hall  on Tuesday 19th October (rating 16+)

The Mangrove 9

Key Questions to consider for Mangrove 9

  • What impression is the film giving of the Mangrove restaurant?
  • What impression does the film give of Notting Hill in the 1950s and 1960s?
  • Why did the police raid the Mangrove on multiple occasions?
  • Who did Frank Crichlow contact? Why might he have done this?
  • How did the Mangrove Nine resist?
  • What was the outcome of the trial?
  • Why do you think director Steve McQueen have chosen to make the Mangrove Nine part of his Small Axe collection of films?

Please use this document below to submit your reflections to Ms Colquhoun, Mrs Piggin or Mr Cohen