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Sir Horace Shango Ové CBE (born Horace Courtenay Jones; 3 December 1936 – 16 September 2023) was a Trinidadian-born British filmmaker, photographer, painter and writer based in London, England. One of the leading black independent filmmakers to emerge in Britain in the post-war period, Ové was the first black British filmmaker to direct a ...
Oct 2, 2023 · Horace Ové, a prolific and groundbreaking Trinidad-born filmmaker and photographer whose 1975 film, “Pressure,” explored the fraught experience of Black Britons and is considered the first...
Sep 25, 2023 · Sir Horace Ové, who died at 86, was the first Black director of a feature film in Britain with Pressure (1975). He also made documentaries on James Baldwin, reggae, carnival and more, challenging racism and injustice.
Sep 18, 2023 · The BFI pays tribute to the pioneer of Black British film and TV, who has died aged 86. Ové made the first full-length Black British film Pressure in 1975 and was knighted in 2022.
Horace Ové was born in Trinidad and became the first black British filmmaker to direct a feature film in 1975. He also worked as a photographer, painter and writer, capturing the Black Power movement and the Black experience in Britain and beyond.
Sep 18, 2023 · Ové was a pioneer of Black British cinema, who made films such as “Pressure” and “Baldwin's Nigger” that explored the experiences of the Windrush generation and the civil rights movement. He also documented the culture and history of Trinidad and Tobago, Italy, and Los Angeles through his photography and documentaries.
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Horace Ové was a Trinidadian-born director and writer who made films such as Pressure and Reggae. He died in 2023 in London after a long career in the film industry.
