Small Axe: Mangrove

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film

Small Axe: Mangrove is a 2020 historical drama film directed by Steve McQueen that depicts the true story of the Mangrove Nine and their landmark trial against racist policing in 1970s London.

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Label	Occurrences
Small Axe	13
Small Axe: Mangrove canonical	1
Small Axe: Mangrove (role: Frank Crichlow)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

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NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Small Axe: Mangrove
Context triple: [Letitia Wright, notableWork, Small Axe: Mangrove]

A. Small Axe: Red, White and Blue
Small Axe: Red, White and Blue is a 2020 British drama film, directed by Steve McQueen as part of his Small Axe anthology, that explores institutional racism in the London Metropolitan Police through the true story of Black officer Leroy Logan.
B. Small Axe
"Small Axe" is a politically charged reggae song by Bob Marley and the Wailers, celebrated for its metaphorical message of resistance against oppression.
C. The Florida Project
The Florida Project is a 2017 independent drama film that follows the lives of children and their struggling parents living in a budget motel near Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.
D. Can’t Fight the Moonlight
"Can’t Fight the Moonlight" is a pop-country crossover hit by LeAnn Rimes, best known as the signature song from the 2000 film *Coyote Ugly*.
E. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom is a 2020 drama film adaptation of August Wilson's play, depicting tensions within a 1920s blues band and featuring one of Chadwick Boseman's most acclaimed final performances.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Small Axe: Mangrove
Target entity description: Small Axe: Mangrove is a 2020 historical drama film directed by Steve McQueen that depicts the true story of the Mangrove Nine and their landmark trial against racist policing in 1970s London.

A. Small Axe: Red, White and Blue
Small Axe: Red, White and Blue is a 2020 British drama film, directed by Steve McQueen as part of his Small Axe anthology, that explores institutional racism in the London Metropolitan Police through the true story of Black officer Leroy Logan.
B. Small Axe
"Small Axe" is a politically charged reggae song by Bob Marley and the Wailers, celebrated for its metaphorical message of resistance against oppression.
C. The Florida Project
The Florida Project is a 2017 independent drama film that follows the lives of children and their struggling parents living in a budget motel near Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.
D. Can’t Fight the Moonlight
"Can’t Fight the Moonlight" is a pop-country crossover hit by LeAnn Rimes, best known as the signature song from the 2000 film *Coyote Ugly*.
E. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom is a 2020 drama film adaptation of August Wilson's play, depicting tensions within a 1920s blues band and featuring one of Chadwick Boseman's most acclaimed final performances.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film ⓘ
basedOn	true story of the Mangrove Nine ⓘ
cinematographyBy	Shabier Kirchner NERFINISHED ⓘ
composer	Mica Levi NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
depicts	Black British civil rights movement ⓘ police harassment of Black Britons ⓘ trial of the Mangrove Nine NERFINISHED ⓘ
director	Steve McQueen NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributor	BBC NERFINISHED ⓘ
editedBy	Chris Dickens NERFINISHED ⓘ Sacha Szwarc NERFINISHED ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Altheia Jones-LeCointe NERFINISHED ⓘ Darcus Howe NERFINISHED ⓘ Frank Crichlow NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstBroadcastCountry	United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	historical drama ⓘ legal drama ⓘ
hasTheme	anti-racism ⓘ community resistance ⓘ justice ⓘ police brutality ⓘ
leadActor	Letitia Wright NERFINISHED ⓘ Malachi Kirby NERFINISHED ⓘ Shaun Parkes NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainSubject	Mangrove Nine NERFINISHED ⓘ institutional racism ⓘ racist policing in London ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
originalNetwork	BBC One ⓘ
partOf	Small Axe NERFINISHED ⓘ
portraysEthnicGroup	Black British community ⓘ
portraysLocation	Mangrove restaurant ⓘ
producer	Steve McQueen NERFINISHED ⓘ
productionCompany	BBC Films NERFINISHED ⓘ Turbine Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ
releaseYear	2020 ⓘ
screenwriter	Alastair Siddons NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve McQueen NERFINISHED ⓘ
settingPlace	London NERFINISHED ⓘ Notting Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ
settingTime	1970s ⓘ
timeInUniverseEnds	early 1970s ⓘ
timeInUniverseStarts	1968 ⓘ

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