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Pressure is a 1976 British drama film directed by Horace Ové and starring Herbert Norville, Oscar James and Frank Singuineau. Co-written by Ové with Samuel Selvon, it is hailed as the UK's first Black dramatic feature-length film, and has been characterised as "a gritty and dynamic study of a generation in crisis".
Aug 27, 2018 · Hailed as Britain's first black feature film, Pressure is a hard-hitting, honest document of the plight of disenchanted British-born black youths. Set in 1970s London, it tells the story of...
Nov 22, 1976 · Pressure: Directed by Horace Ové. With Herbert Norville, Oscar James, Frank Singuineau, Lucita Lijertwood. A British-born younger son of an immigrant family from Trinidad finds himself adrift between two cultures.
A groundbreaking and authentic exploration of the anxieties of an emerging second-generation of West Indians in Britain, Pressure (1975) is a significant title in the history of British Cinema, and remains as relevant now, almost 50 years on, as it ever was — with its themes of police corruption, discrimination and employment on an individual ...
Pressure. A young black man (Herbert Norville) in England endures discrimination despite his best efforts to blend in with white society.
Made by Trinidadian director Horace Ové, Pressure is widely acknowledged to have kick-started Black British cinema. The story highlights the struggles of Tony, a young black school leaver who, despite having good academic qualifications, finds it all but impossible to find a job.
A British-born younger son of an immigrant family from Trinidad finds himself adrift between two cultures.
