Steve McQueen Movies

  • 2022
    Sunshine State

    Sunshine State

    Sunshine State

    02022HD

    Steve McQueen’s first new artwork since his major commission Year 3 at Tate Britain in 2019, Sunshine State is a two-channel video projection...

    Sunshine State
  • 1970
    Untitled Paul Robeson Project

    Untitled Paul Robeson Project

    Untitled Paul Robeson Project

    01970HD

    A look at the life and work of actor, singer and activist, Paul Robeson.

    Untitled Paul Robeson Project
  • 1998
    Drumroll

    Drumroll

    Drumroll

    01998HD

    Director Steve McQueen attached three cameras to the front and each end of an oil drum and rolled it through the streets of Manhattan. The results...

    Drumroll
  • 2002
    Western Deep

    Western Deep

    Western Deep

    4.22002HD

    An exploration of the sensory experience of the TauTona gold mine in South Africa, showing migrant labourers working in dark, claustrophobic...

    Western Deep
  • 2002
    Caribs' Leap

    Caribs' Leap

    Caribs' Leap

    4.22002HD

    Caribs’ Leap / Western Deep comprises two complementary films that are shown together as a three-screen, synchronised colour video projection....

    Caribs' Leap
  • 1997
    Exodus

    Exodus

    Exodus

    31997HD

    The film documents two men carrying palm trees through the streets of East London. McQueen tracked the men through a bustling Brick Lane market.

    Exodus
  • 2001
    Girls, Tricky

    Girls, Tricky

    Girls, Tricky

    4.22001HD

    Director Steve McQueen films Trip-Hop artist Tricky recording 'Girls' In the tight confines of a recording booth, the musician Adrian Thomas, also...

    Girls, Tricky
  • 1995
    Five Easy Pieces

    Five Easy Pieces

    Five Easy Pieces

    2.31995HD

    Outlines the themes and artistic strategies that have guided McQueen’s work since he emerged in the mid-1990s. Marked by spatial, temporal, and...

    Five Easy Pieces
  • 2001
    Illuminer

    Illuminer

    Illuminer

    12001HD

    McQueen lies in bed in a Paris hotel, watching a dubbed TV programme about American special forces being trained for combat in Afghanistan. Shot...

    Illuminer
  • 2001
    7th Nov.

    7th Nov.

    7th Nov.

    1.52001HD

    The title refers to the day McQueen's cousin Marcus accidentally shot his brother. On the soundtrack, Marcus tells a story while a single backlit...

    7th Nov.
  • 2007
    Gravesend

    Gravesend

    Gravesend

    3.22007HD

    Gravesend uses a documentary approach to focus on the mining of coltan, employed in the manufacture of cell phones, laptops and other high-tech...

    Gravesend
  • 2015
    All Day / I Feel Like That

    All Day / I Feel Like That

    All Day / I Feel Like That

    02015HD

    Kanye West performs for the camera.

    All Day / I Feel Like That
  • 2009
    Giardini

    Giardini

    Giardini

    02009HD

    Giardini, a visually sumptuous film of 30 minutes, is composed of two projections set side-by-side, which steadily gather a series of evocative...

    Giardini
  • 2001
    Cold Breath

    Cold Breath

    Cold Breath

    12001HD

    Cold Breath depicts the artist stroking, pulling and squeezing his nipple. Through a gesture that appears tender one moment and violent the next, the...

    Cold Breath
  • 1970
    End Credits

    End Credits

    End Credits

    01970HD

    video, sequence of digitally scanned files, sound video: 12 hours 54 minutes, continuous projection audio: 67 hours 4 minutes 43 seconds

    End Credits
  • 1996
    Just Above My Head

    Just Above My Head

    Just Above My Head

    01996HD

    The artist walks with a stride, his camera pointed up from around his stomach. The sky, some trees and occasionally his head pops up in the lower...

    Just Above My Head