Horace Ove is a Trinidadian born British filmmaker and one of the leading black independent film-makers to emerge in Britain. Horace Ove holds the world recored of being the first black British filmmaker to direct a feature length film.
Pressure was set in Ladbroke Grove west London where the area is mostly dominated by are large Caribbean population. The cast of the film includes many non professional actors and addresses what it was like living in the 1970s and the relationship between people from different ethnic minorities in Britain.
His film Pressure focuses on one black teenager called Anthony, played by Herbert Norville and his attempt to find his way through life living in a white dominated society. Anthony's dreams are constantly shattered because he believes that he can't get a job because of his colour. Anthony was born in Britain while his family comes from Trinidad. When a black awareness meeting is raided by the police Anthony's political awakening begins and he realizes how black people are treated by the police and other people.
In the film the police are represented as corrupt and racist constantly fighting with the black community. This causes them to react and we see that the younger generation wants to fight for their rights compared with the older generation who just don't want to make the situation worse. Pressure still remains a key black British film and helps to show how multicultural Britain has become.
Pressure was set in Ladbroke Grove west London where the area is mostly dominated by are large Caribbean population. The cast of the film includes many non professional actors and addresses what it was like living in the 1970s and the relationship between people from different ethnic minorities in Britain.
His film Pressure focuses on one black teenager called Anthony, played by Herbert Norville and his attempt to find his way through life living in a white dominated society. Anthony's dreams are constantly shattered because he believes that he can't get a job because of his colour. Anthony was born in Britain while his family comes from Trinidad. When a black awareness meeting is raided by the police Anthony's political awakening begins and he realizes how black people are treated by the police and other people.
Pressure explores the different experiences black people have living in Britain. The film exposes the struggle that black people have in society with poverty, unemployment, educational deprivation and antisocial behavior and the conflict that they have between the media. The film shows how the media is often used and highlights black people in a negative way. The media often under report black issues so then people believe that what they are reporting is true.
In the film the police are represented as corrupt and racist constantly fighting with the black community. This causes them to react and we see that the younger generation wants to fight for their rights compared with the older generation who just don't want to make the situation worse. Pressure still remains a key black British film and helps to show how multicultural Britain has become.
