In McQueen’s ‘Small Axe,’ an epic of West Indian heritage

NEW YORK — For Steve McQueen, bringing back the London of his childhood began with remembering the scents of his youth.In “Small Axe,” McQueen’s ambitious five-film anthology about London’s West Indian community, the “12 Years a Slave” director resurrects the British capital in the decades before its multicultural present, tracing the Caribbean immigrant experience through … Continue reading In McQueen’s ‘Small Axe,’ an epic of West Indian heritage