Pressure (1976 film)

Pressure
Original theatrical poster
Directed byHorace Ové
Written by
Produced byRobert Buckler
Starring
CinematographyMike Davis
Edited byAlan J. Cumner-Price
Production
company
Distributed byCrawford Films, Ltd.
Release dates
  • 19 October 1976 (1976-10-19) (TIFF)
  • November 1976 (1976-11) (United States)
Running time
136 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Pressure is a 1976 British drama film directed by Horace Ové and starring Herbert Norville, Oscar James and Frank Singuineau. Co-written by Ové with Samuel Selvon, it is hailed as the UK's first Black dramatic feature-length film, and has been characterised as "a gritty and dynamic study of a generation in crisis". Ové said in a 2005 interview: "What Pressure tried to do was to portray the experience of the Windrush generation, the kids who came with them and the kids born here."