Pressure (1976)

Black Film Club is back this Autumn with a new season of films celebrating black cinema. First up, Pressure (1976). With a screenplay written by Horace Ové and fellow Trinidadian author Sam Selvon, Pressure follows a Black family in west London; from the parents who came from Trinidad as part of the Windrush generation with their first son, now part of the Black Power Movement, to their younger British-born son Tony (Herbert Norville), who is trying to find his place between the two cultures. Originally funded by the BFI Production Board and heralded as the first full-length Black British film, Pressure (1976) is a ground breaking and authentic exploration of the anxieties of an emerging second-generation of West Indians in Britain, and 50 years on, remains a significant title in the history of British Cinema. After the film... Join us for a Q&A discussion about the film. Presented by Enfield Caribbean Association, the Black Film Club is a year-round programme of films that showcase Black talent, filmmakers, stories, voices and actors, across all genres for all audiences.