PRESSURE

Credits

Name: PRESSURE

Country: UK

Year of publication: 1976

Format: DCP

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Language : OmeU

Duration: 125 Minuten

Series: 23. Afrika Film Festival Köln

Direction: Ové, Horace

Abstract

Tony, a bright school-leaver and son of West Indian immigrants, is torn between his parents' church-going conformity and his brother's Black Power militancy. As his initially high hopes are repeatedly dashed – he cannot find work anywhere, potential employers treat him with suspicion because of his colour – his sense of alienation grows. In a bid to find a sense of belonging, he joins his black friends who, estranged from their submissive parents, seek a sense of purpose in the streets and in chases with the police. Hailed as Britain's first black feature film, PRESSURE is a hard-hitting, honest document of the plight of disenchanted black youths in 1970s London.