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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.
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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