Generation next: the rising stars of Steve McQueen's Small Axe

The director and members of his brilliant young cast talk about his new BBC films, each one set in London's West Indian community before most of these actors were born

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Amarah-Jae St Aubyn plays Martha, a churchgoing girl who sneaks out of her bedroom window into the endless possibilities of the night in Lovers Rock, the second episode of Small Axe. It's a coming-of-age tale inspired by the blues parties of the late 1970s and early 80s - club nights held in homes because young Black people weren't welcome in nightclubs.