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Pressure

London on Film • Drama, UR

Hailed as Britain's first black feature film, Pressure is a hard-hitting, honest document of the plight of disenchanted British-born black youths. Set in 1970s London, it tells the story of Tony, a bright school-leaver, son of West Indian immigrants, who finds himself torn between his parents' church-going conformity and his brother's Black Power militancy.

Tags
West Indian community in Great Britain, Racism, Generation gap
Cast
Herbert Norville Anthony 'Tony' Watson
Oscar James Colin
Frank Singuineau Lucas
Lucita Lijertwood Bopsie
Crew
Horace Ové director

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