Project Detail

Pressure

Synopsis

A British-born younger son of an immigrant family from Trinidad finds himself adrift between two cultures in this groundbreaking depiction of
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 film: Features
Running time: 125 min
Director: 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

Genre

Black Drama

Production Status

Complete

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 Distribution
Bookings Unit
21 Stephen Street
London
W1T 1LN

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