The people in positions of real power and influence higher up in the industry didn’t care enough.
The 12 Years a Slave director made the comments ahead of his groundbreaking new film series, Small Axe, premiering on BBC One on 15 November.
McQueen’s new anthology series comprises five separate films, which each tell different stories of Caribbean people living in London from the 1960s to the 1980s.
Read a guide to the series, which stars John Boyega and Letitia Wright, here.