Hope of bad black-led films

DIRECTOR Sir Steve

Mcqueen has said the film industry will be in a good place only when “****py” black-led movies see regular release.

The 51-year-old 12 Years A Slave film-maker told Esquire UK the release of commercially successful and critically acclaimed movies such as Get Out and Black Panther, which both feature black directors and stars, remains a rarity. He said: “Those films have to be super special good for them to come out. So when we get ****py black films and we don’t think about it, then we’re in a good place.”

The Turner Prize-winning artist said he hoped the current anti-racism movement prompted real change and not only “symbolic” gestures.

AIM: Sir Steve