Blitz: Steve McQueen Reveals Inspiration Behind World War II Movie

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For Steve McQueen, Blitz started with a photograph. While researching for his Small Axe anthology, McQueen found a picture of a young Black boy evacuating London with a suitcase.
“I just wanted to know who he was . . . what was his story?” McQueen told Deadline.The photo inspired McQueen to make Blitz, a deeply personal film set in World War II London. Blitz examines how war unites a community through the eyes of a boy. McQueen wondered if witnessing a brutal argument b