Pressure (1976)
Horace Ové, Trinidad & Tobago
Pressure has the distinction of being the first feature length film to be directed by a Black filmmaker, Trinidad-born Horace Ové, in Britain. Although set in the Notting Hill area of London during the 1970s, the themes explored in the film – generational differences between first and second generation immigrant West Indians, poverty, unemployment, antisocial behavior, and police harassment — are still very relevant in today’s world, and around the Caribbean.