The fifth and final film of Steve McQueen’s Small Axe series will explore the controversy surrounding a London council’s 1970s segregation rules, Standard Online can reveal.
The drama anthology consists of five films which each tell a different story of London’s West Indian community from the 60s to the 80s.
Education focuses on a hard-working family whose lives are disrupted when Kingsley, the 12-year-old son, is sent to a school for children with “special needs”.
The BBC states the film will “reveal the disgraceful story of Haringey Council’s educational segregation policy in 1971.”
Standard Online can also reveal a first look image of Kenyah Sandy as Kingsley Smith.
Education also stars Sharlene Whyte, Tamara Lawrance, Daniel Francis, Josette Simon, Ryan Masher and Star Wars’ Naomi Ackie.
Jairaj Varsani, Aiyana Goodfellow, Tabitha Byron, Jo Martin, Trevor Laird and Jade Anouka also feature.
Small Axe will debut on BBC One and iPlayer this autumn.
One of the films, Mangrove, will open the London Film Festival in October.
The feature-length drama tells the story of anti-racism protestors who marched on police stations in August 1970, nine of whom were charged with incitement to riot and brought to trial.
Red, White and Blue will see John Boyega in his first post-Star Wars role, playing Leroy Logan, a pioneering Met Police officer who fought for change after seeing his own father assaulted by two officers.
An Alex Wheatle biopic explores the writer’s journey through the care system and imprisonment for the 1981 Brixton riots.
Lovers Rock, which will open the New York Film Festival, begins at a blues party in the early 1980s.
