Pressure
Synopsis
second-generation experience in 1970s London. Horace Ové's PRESSURE, Britain's first Black feature film, now restored by the BFI National Archive.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2023 and Official Selection New York Film Festival 2023 - joint Restoration World premiere
Details
- Year
- 1975
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 125 min
- Director
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Horace Ové
- Producer
- Robert Buckler
- Executive Producer
- Barrie Gavin
- Editor
- Alan Cumner-Price
- Screenwriter
- Horace Ové, Samuel Selvon
- Director of Photography
- Michael J. Davis
- Principal cast
- Herbert Norville, Oscar James, Frank Singuineau
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Restored by the BFI National Archive and The Film Foundation.
Funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation.With additional thanks to the BFI Philanthropy ‘Pioneers of
Black British Filmmaking consortium’
Sales Company
BFI
BFI DistributionBookings Unit
21 Stephen Street
London
W1T 1LN
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