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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".
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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.
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Nov 2, 2023 · Peter Bradshaw. Thu 2 Nov 2023 09.00 EDT. H orace Ové’s fascinating, pioneering drama from 1975 is restored and re-released as part of a retrospective at London’s BFI Southbank. The first...
