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Pressure star Herbert Norville on Horace Ové's masterpiece, the first full-length Black British film

Actor Herbert Norville discusses working with the pioneering filmmaker on his groundbreaking 1975 drama, Pressure.

Inside Film 2023 17 mins Not rated

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Overview

Academic Dr Clive Nwonka, actor Herbert Norville, producer Annabelle Alcazar, writer Caryl Phillips and filmmaker Rhea Storr, discuss Horace Ové's Pressure, the first full-length Black British film. Pressure is set in West London’s Ladbroke Grove and against the turbulent backdrop of the 1970s Britain. It’s a hard-hitting account of a young Black man caught between cultures.

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