Where writer oscar wilde was locked up. Mcqueen often takes a closer look then as comfortable in his works at the tate moderns new retrospective. Of course these days mcqueen is best known as one of the worlds top film directors whose movies are as unflinching as his art. Is acclaimed debut film hunger tells the true story of an ira member and prisoner bobby sands who died on Hunger Strike 1st. With the british government. Is 2010 movie shame also starred Michael Fassbender this time as an executive struggling with sex addiction. 12 years a slave mcqueen tells a gut wrenching true story of a free man kidnapped and then slaved if you want to see the film made mcqueen the 1st black director ever to win an oscar for best picture. I did a cape this award to all the people who have enjoyed slavery. 21000000 people. Slavery today thank you very much. The queens most recent film. About a group of women forced into crime was ranked by critics as one of the best movies of 2800 years. And see what i can do. Before his film career mcqueen was known as one of britains top artists the tate modern retrospective shows the last 20 years of his art. In the ongoing work and credits made up of heavily redacted f. B. I. Documents mcqueen pays homage to the singer and civil rights activist paul robeson who was followed by the f. B. I. For decades. The video installation ashes pays tribute to a young fisherman mcqueen met in grenada who was killed the following year by drug dealers. Mcqueens uncompromising vision comes through in works that grapple with issues of identity and history and leave plenty of room for interpretation. Plenty of room. Levitz to talk a little bit more about Steve Mcqueen david what is it that strikes you most about Steve Mcqueen the artist and of course this very compact exhibition well i think that hes been making such good movies for the last 10 years that weve gotten that he was this visual artist and this retrospective really brings us back to that i want to look at one piece in particular from it this is called 7th of november its just this photo and an accompanying recording of an interview that mcqueen did with his cousin marcus who tells quite graphic detail how he accidentally killed his own brother and this really stands for the way mcqueen approaches his work he says its about the. Truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth and to get there you have to get in really close and sometimes you have to get very uncomfortable so definitely intensity center stage even though this is by no means a comprehensive exhibition but we should mention that hes got another big show on in london and its one thats very popular with kids tell us about shows right this is at the tate britain the other to the newseum and it is pictures of kids from london age 7 and 8 its their class photos and actually its 78000 london kids are in this exhibition very cute project but it also shows the extraordinary diversity of this city and Steve Mcqueen is also an advocate of more Arts Education which he feels has been declining and british schools so what this project does it actually gets kids into the museum both their images and the class is the go to it is a picture project and the kids that there was probably wouldnt be visiting this museum at all. Just quickly what else has Steve Mcqueen got in store for us are there any more films in the in the makes for instance where there are 2 projects that i can tell you about one is a documentary hes making about amsterdams world war 2 history and hes also making a short film about grand fellow tower the london Apartment Building the burnt in 2017 killing 72 people and its a project thats very close to his heart because hes from west london and he wants to give this as a gift to that Community Well definitely a lot to look forward to there from Steve Mcqueen and thank you very much David Leavitts for bringing us that background story on a very interesting situation at the tate modern thank you care. 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Over Julius Caesar in handels operatic blockbuster was a role he visibly relished. Fund of a graduated from the funds List University of music environment 2 years ago. Since then hes been performing steadily across europe often accompanied by his family d theyve supported his ambition ever since he joined a boys choir like. They feature prominently in his Instagram Account alongside images of him in some of his favorite roles. From what i was over the weirder all the strange ones i dont always have to be prince charming. Enjoy being the baddie too sometimes tony for example. There is still many roles and many genres that neo has been never would like to try out hes only at the start of what promises to be a long and successful career. 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