Pressure (Blu-ray)

Directed by Horace Ové

Starring: Herbert Norville, Oscar James, Frank Singuineau, Lucita Lijertwood, Sheila Scott-Wilkinson
Contributors: Horace Ové, Samuel Selvon, Robert Buckler, Michael J. Davis
Studio: BFI
Genre: Drama
Main Language: English
Region: Region B
Release Date: 14 Sep 2026
Originally Issued: 1976
No of Discs: 1
BBFC Cert: (15) Suitable for 15 years and over.
Run Time: 126 minutes

Description

Herbert Norville stars in this drama directed and co-written by Horace Ové. In 1970s London, Tony (Norville), the son of immigrants who came from Trinidad as part of the Windrush generation, 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 individual and institutional racism, Tony gradually begins to fall in with his brother's friends who are building their own identity on the streets.

Special Features

• Interactive Menus
• Trailers
• Interviews: Horace Ové (director/co-writer)
• Commentary: Robert Buckler (producer) and Herbert Norville (actor) moderated by Marc David Jacobs
• Other Documentary: 'Baldwin's N****r' (1969): Horace Ové's portrait of the writer James Baldwin; 'Horace Ové: Reflecting the People - A Career Retrospective' (2023)