Director Steve Mcqueen Would Have Made Cannes History With Two Films In Competition World Of Reel

Of the two selected films to premiere at Cannes, “Mangrove” clocks in at 2 hours and 4 minutes, and follows “the true story of Mangrove 9 activists and the trial that took place at the Old Bailey in 1970,” reports Variety. The film stars Letitia Wright. The second film, “Lovers Rock,” runs 1 hour and 8 minutes and “tells a fictional story of young love and music at a blues party in the early 1980s,” led by Amarah-Jae St Aubyn in her debut role and Micheal Ward. Screen Daily is also reporting that both films would have made Cannes history as they were both set to premiere in competition, marking the first time in Cannes history a filmmaker would’ve had two films in competition vying for the Palme d’Or during the same year. “I felt these stories needed to be shared,” McQueen said in press release. “I wanted to re-live, re-evaluate and investigate the journeys that my parents and the first generation of West Indians went on to deliver me here today calling myself a black British person. What’s important about our stories is that they are local but at the same time global. I think audiences will identify with the trials, tribulations and joy of our characters as well as reflecting on the present environment in which we find ourselves.” You can now add the two McQueens to our ever-growing list of “What films would have competed for the Palme D’Or?” A fun game, which I will continue to spitball, since we will likely never know the full details of this year’s canceled competition. These are the films that would have surely vyed for the Palme D’Or: The French Dispatch - Wes AndersonSummer of 85 - François OzonAnnette - Leos CaraxMemoria - Apichatpong WeerasethakulAhed’s Knee - Nadav LapidBenedetta - Paul VerhoevenBergman’s Island - Mia Hansen-LoveTres Piani - Nanni MorettiAmmonite - Francis LeeMangrove - Steve McQueen Lover’s Rock - Steve McQueenOn A Half Clear Morning - Bruno DumontPetrov’s Flu - Kirill SerebrennikovTrue Mothers - Naomi KawaseAnother Round - Thomas VinterbergDNA - MaïwennHeaven: To The Land Of Happiness - Im Sang-soo Contribute Hire me

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