Pressure/Baldwin's Nigger DVD
Starring Herbert Norville, Oscar James, Frank Singuineau, Lucita Lijertwood, Sheila Scott-Wilkinson, Ed Devereaux, T. Bone Wilson, Ram John Holder, Norman Beaton, John F. Landry, Archie Pool
Directed by Horace Ové
DVD
Description
Two films from director Horace Ové. 'Pressure' (1975) is widely seen as Britain's first black feature.
Set in 1970s London, it follows the daily struggle of young black British youths in an uncaring society.
Tony (Herbert Norville), the son of West Indian immigrants, is torn between his parent's upstanding, church-going ways, and the Black Power militancy of his elder brother.
When he struggles to find a job because of his colour, Tony gradually begins to fall in with his brother's friends, who are building their own identity in the streets. 'Baldwin's Nigger' (1969) is a documentary portrait of the writer James Baldwin during his 1969 visit to the UK.
Confronting students and discussing the difference between the American and the British black experience, Ové produces a detailed portrait of one of America's most powerful novelists.
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:DVD
- Region:2
- Certification:(15)
- EAN:5035673007143
- Catalogue number:BFIVD714
- Studio:BFI
- Release date:26/09/2005
- Genre:Drama
- Colour:Col & B/W
Information
-
Out of stock
- Format:DVD
- Region:2
- Certification:(15)
- EAN:5035673007143
- Catalogue number:BFIVD714
- Studio:BFI
- Release date:26/09/2005
- Genre:Drama
- Colour:Col & B/W
