D irector Steve McQueen's Blitz is a historical fiction drama starring Saoirse Ronan Elliot Heffernan as Rita and her son George. The film follows George's evacuation from London amid the Nazi's ...

Blitz spirit refers to the resilience, unity and stoic determination of civilians during the German bombing raids (the Blitz) ...

The Blitz, explained. The German air force’s bombing of London from Sept. 7, 1940, ... Just as George jumps off a train in the movie, child evacuees really did flee from their surrogate parents.

The evacuation programme, which began on September 1, ... The boy who inspired Steve McQueen's Blitz: Picture of black evacuee leaving London in 1940 ahead of Hitler's deadly bombing captivated ...

The Blitz ended when the Germans turned their focus toward the Soviet Union.World War II ended in Europe with Nazi Germany’s surrender on May 7, 1945.. How children were evacuated during the ...

EXCLUSIVE: It was the faded monochrome photograph of a small Black boy, both hands gripping a valise, as he leaves London with a party of other school-age evacuees, that caught Steve McQueen’s ...

The same was true as I began work on Steve McQueen’s new film, Blitz, starring Saoirse Ronan with Kathy Burke, Paul Weller and Stephen Graham, plus newcomer Elliott Heffernan, 11, as an evacuee.

Steve McQueen’s latest film, set in 1940 during Germany’s bombardment of the British capital, draws extensively from wartime photos, and much of it was shot outside London.

The artist and filmmaker Steve McQueen has said he was inspired to write Blitz "after seeing a faded photograph of a black child with other evacuees at the height of the Luftwaffe's bombing of ...

Blitz toggles between Rita's day-to-day life and George's journey through London, ... George experiences racism from everyone, from his fellow evacuees to shopkeepers who shoo him away.

Steve McQueen on his LFF-opening WWII drama 'Blitz,' discovering Saoirse Ronan could sing and casting musicians Paul Weller and Benjamin Clementine. Plus Icon Film Plus Icon TV ...