Horace Ové
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Born in Trinidad in 1939, Sir Horace Ové, CBE was a British director, writer and artist who emerged in the late '60s and throughout the '70s to become one of the leading UK based black independent film-makers. A fact notable for his Guinness World Record for being the first black British film-maker to direct a feature-length film, Pressure (1975). He was knighted in 2022 and passed away in 2023 following a battle with Alzheimer's.
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Playing Away (1987)
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Pressure (1976)
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James Baldwin Abroad (2023)
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Baldwin's Nigger (1968)
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The Garland (1981)
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A Hole in Babylon (1979)
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When Love Dies (1990)
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Stretch Hunter (1980)
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Reggae (1971)
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Skateboard Kings (1978)
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King Carnival (1973)
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