Kofi Oteng

Lovers Rock: Steve McQueen’s euphoric ode to Black joy

The second part of Steve McQueen’s Small Axe series is Lovers Rock, a tale of budding romance at an ecstatic house party in 1980s London. Sensual and authentic, it was born from a place of fond familiarity, says Kofi Oteng, one of the critics on this year’s LFF Critics Mentorship Scheme.