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the british british director steve mcqueen has already secured his place in movie history, being the 1st black director to win a best picture. oscar for 12 years, a slave. that film was set in 19th century america. now he's turned his attention closer to home. small acts is a series of 5 films about the history. indeed,, the struggle of black people in britain between the 1960 s. and 980 s., steve mcqueen returned to the sounds and sense of his london childhood for his 5 film anthology, small acts true stories of resistance,, protest and celebration from the black caribbean experience of the 1960 s., seventy's and eighty's the oscar winner mcqueen. this is his 1st british production and his most personal for the series produced by the b.b.c. and amazon mcqueen cast, some of britain's biggest stars to teeter right, famous from black panther, place one of the mangrove, 9 black activists put on trial in 1970 for daring to speak out against systemic racism, plays against the police. then maybe it's a group that they have been the victim of injustice. there are others who like parasites,

seventy's and eighty's for the oscar winner mcqueen. this is his 1st british production and his most personal for the series produced by the b.b.c. and amazon mcqueen cast, some of britain's biggest stars to teeter right, famous from black panther place one of the mangroves 9 black activists put on trial in 1970 for daring to speak out against systemic racism, plays against the police there and maybe so that they have been the victim of injustice. there are others who like parasites, feed on these beliefs, and seek to turn them to their own event, deliberately create and by these defendants are all guilty of the serious criminal offense. acted john, boy, you get plays libral, you know, can of real life police officer who trying to change and crisis system from within small acts tells the cotton stories of britain's black history in order to eliminate the injustices of today. and joining me is of course g, w, film, expert scotch rocks, 1st of all the title, small acts. what does that mean? yet we heard a little bit of the music at the ve

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although incredibly well known internationally, especially for her oscar—winning role in the film mcqueen12 biographical drama called hitchcock. —— the film the queen. it does seem that the character that you play, alma, hitchcock's wife, played a very big role in his career professionally, that's right, isn't it? that's right, absolutely full stop and income on very different levels was up i think part of it was to be the great homemaker but on top of that, they had grown up in film together and that was the nature of their relationship, it was all about loving what they were doing. side—by—side. they've learned about filmmaking. so inevitably, as they progressed and his movies, their movies, if you like, became more and more successful. 0f became more and more successful. of course she was there every step of the way. two you will have to change the six of seven films where she blinks after she was dead. what about the man who once said an actor should be treated like cattle ? actor should be treated like cattle? that is a simplification for what i know, i understand that he met. nash —

there is what i thought wasn't steve mcqueen.n, it is dominic cummings, and the headline the great escape. caroline wheeler, are you staying put? sadly, yes! iam wheeler, are you staying put? sadly, yes! i am not actually sure where we can go there that is in lockdown really again, and most of europe seems to have reentered lockdown and we still face the situation where, if we do leave the country, most of the places you would want to visit, you have to quarantine when you get there and when you get back, so i'm not quite sure how many of the spirits who seem to have so much under times to do that. lockdown means under times to do that. lockdown m ea ns lots under times to do that. lockdown means lots of people will not be able to work, but i find it quite astonishing theirfirst able to work, but i find it quite astonishing their first thought would be to book a holiday, particularly given what we know, which is the severe economic effects. caroline, thanks. briefly, john, are you escaping? no, i am not, i john, are you escaping?

i found the alexander mcqueen boutique in union square getting fitted for plywood coverings this morningith much of the merchandise gone from the display windows an employee says he understands why it's happening you know this time to be living in >>those walking by the boarded upobusinesses say it doesn't help their nerves already frayed by a long night of watching and waiting for a winner to the presidential election with little sleep i mean seeing everything boarded up is kind of alarming because where democracy, the whole point is that it's a election it's a night of. >>of all been to violent protests afterwards and will serve the ball and violence. this my only concern that's going to be you trump trumpers are from joe biden's in you know republicans and democrats in the starting like a war that's my concern. >>most people i talked to today are biden supporters but people on both sides of the political spectrum say they're disappointed at the results of the election so far because it underlines how divided the country is right now what i don't like that i can tell by looking at the

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i found the alexander mcqueen boutique in union square getting fitted for plywood coverings this morning with much of the merchandise gone from the display windows. an employee says he understands why it's happening in case things go down, you know they're protecting >>those walking by the boarded up businesses say it doesn't help their nerves already frayed by a long night of watching and waiting for a winner to the presidential election with litgle sleep i mean seeing everything boarded up is kind of alarming because where democracy, the whole point is that it's a election it's a night of. >>of all been to violent protests after its. so i think that's definitely what the president has been cited into our community is. >>i think also him declaring a victory last night for absolutely no actual reason at all. and telling people to stop counting votes to says that makes sense i was you know touching my friends like calling a game at halftime europe in the lead, but just not how it works and certainly not in the you know the most free country in the world and will serve the ball and violenc

the twist is evident one of the most popular episodes. 1960s man from the south, starring steve mcqueenlight his later ten times in a row in exchange for a pricey convertible. the twist at the end is, well, we won't spoil it for you. good evening. well, hitchcock presents his brand had his branding all over it. the vast majority of the 260 episodes, he only directed 17 of them. robert stevenson was a frequent director on the show and various writers worked on the programme, typically adapting short stories. join harrison, his long—time collaborator was also produced on the series. and even film—maker the time. responsible for the hands—on work that made the show happen. hitchcock's back—seat role allowed him to do the programme at all, says her, the involvement yet in his would've been nearly impossible to duplicate on a weekly show. hitchcock set an example that other creators followed and is another aspect of the shows legacy. you would, and talent to join the shows and would open up and left it for them and then we are seeing big starts doing television and that impact would alfred h

the twist is evident in one of the most popular episodes, 1960's man from the south starring steve mcqueenght his pinky finger that he can't light his lighter ten times in a row in exchange for a pricey convertible. my exchange for a pricey convertible. my car is right outside. the twist at the end is... well, we will not spoil it for you. good evening. hitchcock's presents had hitchcock's branding all over it, but the twist was he did not write or direct the vast majority of the show‘s 268 episodes. he only directed 17. robert stephens was a frequent director on the show and various writers worked on the programme, typically adapting short stories. john harrison,‘s is long—time collaborator, was... he was a trailblazing —— she was a trailblazing —— she was a trailblazing film—maker at the time. hitchcock's back—seat role was what allowed him to do the programme at owned —— at all. the intention involvement he had in his films would have been impossible to duplicate on a weekly show. hitchcock set an example that other creatives later followed, and there is another aspect of the show‘s leg

last night you may have caught the second installment of steve mcqueen's ‘small axe' series on bbc oneife experiences of london's caribbean community between 1969 and 1982. the star wars actorjohn boyega stars in the next episode — ‘red, white and blue' — in which he plays leroy logan, the former metropolitan police superintendent who helped to found the black police association. he has been speaking to our entertainment correspondent colin paterson about the project. police! i'm out there with no back—up! sometimes i think the earth has to be scorched. replanted, so something good will come of it. john boyega, in red, white and blue, you play leroy logan, a real—life metropolitan police officer. now it is not a famous story, but what was it about it that captivated you ? it was about leroy‘s decision to try and join an institution and help motivate change. there wasn't a lot of black representation in the police force then. there was still a lot of... a bad energy between civilians and the police. i think what he was trying to do at that given time, i am curious to explore that as an

i found the alexander mcqueen boutique in union square getting fitted for plywood coverings this morning with much of the merchandise gone from the display windows and employee says he understands why it's happening in case things go down, you know they're protecting those walking by the boarded up businesses say it doesn't help their nerves already frayed by a long night of watching and waiting for a winner to the presidential election with little sleep i mean seeing everything boarded up is kind of alarming because where democracy, the whole point is that it's a election it's a night of. >>of all been to violent protests after its. so i think that's definitely what the president has insight into our community is. i think also him declaring a victory last night for absolutely no actual reason at all. and telling people to stop counting votes to says that makes sense i was you know talking my friends like calling a game at halftime you up in the lead, but just not how it works and certainly not in the you know the most free country in the world and will serve the ball and violence. this

would could ever forget steve mcqueen racing through the streets of san francisco in 1968's bullitt.f many memorable movie moments. an analysis of data from the san francisco film commission by abc7 shows four directors each made four films in the city by the way, creating iconic scenes over the years. alfred hitchcock used the golden gate gate bridge in "vertigo." and chris columbus in "nine months." garry marshal used pacific heights in the princess diaries and phillip kaufman scared people away from city hall in invasion of the body snatchers. what were the most frequently used locations? the top two might not surprise you. city hall has been used in 32 films. the golden gate gate bridge, 28. number three, the fairmont on knob hill. >> actually i was surprised the fairmont was so high on the list even though it's an amazing building and it has been shot in so many features and television shows. but we seem to permit so many shoots on places like lombard street and the financial district. >> what actors have made the most san francisco films? sean connery, michael douglas, and meg

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the company took on big productions like hairspray the hunchback of notre dame in gypsy matthew mcqueen founded the company in 2014. he said in a statement quote sometimes life throws curveballs the devastation of covid-19 and it's mandated closures presented a challenge we have been unable to overcome sadly despite the board of directors finding a pathway to survive. we have no alternative except to accept the reality that bay area musicals has become one of the casualties. the pandemic's global impact bradford fears the loss of more arts and culture in the city because of the pandemic just feel like that the color goes out of power. >>of our city we have to save the arts. an suggest donating to your favorite local arts organization, if you're able to. >>donate to their favorite arts organization because it really depends on. all of us. coming together to make. you know to keep our city vibrant and not have it turn into. the in office space for banks and dot coms and insurance companies taylor kron 4 news. >>meanwhile, a holiday tradition here in the bay area will go on this year, but

i found the alexander mcqueen boutique in union square getting fitted for plywood coverings this morning with much of the merchandise gone from the display windows an employee says he understands why it's happening in case things go down, you know they're protecting those walking by the boarded up businesses say it doesn't help their nerves already frayed by a long night of watching and waiting for a winner to the presidential election with little sleep i mean seeing everything boarded up is kind of alarming because where democracy, the whole point is that it's a election it's a night of. >>of all been to violent protests after its. so i think that's definitely what the president has incited into our community is. i think also him declaring a victory last night for absolutely no factual reason at all. and telling people to stop counting votes to says that makes sense i was you know talking my friends like calling a game at halftime you up in the lead, but just not how it works and certainly not in the you know the most free country in the world and will serve the ball and violence. >>thi

i like steve mcqueen that's what the hottest car was then one of the greatest movies i've seen in a longe, ford versus ferrari. can ford be that again >> yes, absolutely you know, look, our business has forever changed with connectivity, with electrification, and those are good things. just better relationship with the customers. lower cost for our customers but, you know, product still matters. look at the bronco and the f-150, the new mustang mauch-e and, yes, we can absolutely do it and we're doing it. we've got all these new products coming out can't wait to see what americans think of it. >> i like the partnership with salesforce because the idea of becoming integral to the small and medium-sized business is what you should have been doing, frankly, for a long time >> yep, that's right you know, where we get our strength at ford is commercial, small and medium-sized business. plumbers, electricians if you ride around with them like i have, they're running their business on post-it notes inside their f-150s and their vans they're so underserved so to come with an enterprise solution

the alexander mcqueen boutique in union square got fitted for plywood coverings this morning much of the merchandise. it was gone from the display windows just one of dozens of businesses in the city that's taking measures ahead of potential election-related violence. people walking by say you know seeing everything boarded up like this does not help their nerves. >>where democracy, the whole point is that it's a election it's not of all been to violent protests after its. some places it has turned violent protests in portland where the national guard was activated. nearly 1000 people marched through downtown tonight in portland started some people started throwing things including a molotov cocktail at law enforcement. a riot was declared about 7 o'clock tonight which is when the national guard was called so far at least 9 people have been arrested back here in the bay, some good news for business owners in san francisco, a lot of them celebrating tonight reacting to the passage of proposition h. >>which speeds up the often grueling permitting process that small businesses have to d

the company took on big productions like hairspray the hunchback of notre dame in gypsy matthew mcqueen the company in 2014. he said in a statement quote sometimes life throws curveballs the devastation of covid-19 and it's mandated closures presented a challenge we have been unable to overcome sadly despite the board of directors finding a pathway to survive. we have no alternative except to accept the reality that bay area musicals has become one of the casualties. the pandemic's global impact bradford fears the loss of more arts and culture in the city because of the pandemic just feel like that the color goes out of power. >>of our city we have to save the arts. and suggest donating to your favorite local arts organization, if you're able to. >>donate to their favorite arts organization because it really depends on. all of us. coming together to make. you know to keep our city vibrant and not have it turn into. the in office space for banks and dot coms and insurance companies taylor kron 4 news. >>have figured out how to survive the fort mason center for arts and culture has been n

the company took on big productions like hairspray the hunchback of notre dame in gypsy matthew mcqueen founded the company in 2014. he said in a statement quote sometimes life throws curveballs the devastation of covid-19 and it's mandated closures presented a challenge we have been unable to overcome sadly despite the board of directors finding a pathway to survive. we have no alternative except to accept the reality that bay area musicals has become one of the casualties. the pandemic's global impact bradford fears the loss of more arts and culture in the city because of the pandemic just feel like that the color goes out of power. >>of our city we have to save the arts. and suggest donating to your favorite local arts organization, if you're able to. >>donate to their favorite arts organization because it really depends on. all of us. coming together to make. you know to keep our city vibrant and not have it turn into. the in office space for banks and dot coms and insurance companies taylor kron 4 news. >>a sure sign of the season here in the bay area ms. san francisco ballet's per

and coming up on the programme: we'll speak to 12—year—old chef omari mcqueen, who's landed himself hising show on cbbc. we're expecting very shortly the first minister of scotland, nicola sturgeon, to stand up and announce whether parts of scotland will be moved into the country's highest tier of covid—19 restrictions — level 4. the first minister is to address parliament at holyrood, but she has previously said it is "likely" that some regions will face tougher restrictions for a "limited period". let's refresh our memory of the 5—level tier system in place in scotland. level 0 — nearly normal. allows up to eight people to meet indoors, and 15 people outdoors. level 1 — medium. let's six people from two households meet indoors or outdoors. let's go live to glasgow and our correspondent, alexandra mackenzie. we've had strong hints as to what to expect. that's right. those hints have been going on for several days. certain areas of west central scotla nd certain areas of west central scotland will move into their four from tier 3. t3 does have some quite tight restrictions as well so th

the first of five original films by multi award—winning film—maker, steve mcqueen, was broadcast lastether of black people to fight for the liberation by any means necessary. these were all great movements for us at the time. this is really our inspiration. they articulated all our desires, all our dreams, all our feelings, and that is why we were attracted to them. there was a lot of hostility to immigrants and immigration. some organisations would like to see all coloured people sent back to their home countries. keep britain britain, keep it white, as it should be. even when i went to school, you would hear it in the classroom, "miss, miss, this isn't fair, why are all these immigrants coming here? they are coming to take my dad'sjob," etc. my mother was english and i was surrounded really by white people so i was quite isolated and lonely. i came to britain on a scholarship to cambridge university. it was when i came to london looking for a room to stay that i suddenly got a jolt. they really did say, "we don't want you here." a lot of white people did not want black people as the

then they told me steve mcqueen was going to direct it. so, that was beyond my wildest dreams.hen you joined the metropolitan police, that decision did not go down well with your own family, did it? no, no. asi did not go down well with your own family, did it? no, no. as i put in my autobiography, closing ranks, it was my worst nightmare. i was going against my father, he was my hero. he got badly beaten up by police officers while i was in the application process. as a result of that, i thought, application process. as a result of that, ithought, no application process. as a result of that, i thought, no way am i going to leave that and go against my father. but the call and kept nagging at me. and my nearest and dearest, my wife, my friends, everybody was saying, why are you doing this? but they were saying, if you want to do it, go ahead and do it. i got the support of those near and dearto it. i got the support of those near and dear to me. but it was a real struggle. i was questioning my sanity for about ten years, thinking, why have i left the co mforta ble thinking, why