Horace Ové Trailers
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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.
Most Popular Horace Ové Trailers
Total trailers found: 14
02 January 1987
To mark the conclusion of their "Third World Week" celebration, a cricket team in a small English village invites a black cricket team from South London to a charity game with comical results.
03 February 2023
Showcasing three short films by American writer James Baldwin, wherein he muses about race, sexuality and civil rights, among other topics, in Istanbul, Paris and Great Britain.
23 September 1971
BBC documentary focusing on a reggae concert held at Wembley Stadium in 1970 featuring the Pyramids, Pioneers, Black Faith, Millie, the Maytals, and Desmond Dekker.
12 July 1968
James Baldwin and Dick Gregory discuss the Civil Rights Movement in 1960s Great Britain.
10 March 1981
"These Indian films. They're done to a formula - songs, dance, routines and a lot of sentimental heavy breathing.
22 August 1973
The Mangrove Nine trial resulted from conflict between the police and the Black community in Notting Hill that had escalated from the end of the 1960s onwards.
25 March 1980
A crucial few hours in the life of a would-be London gangster
29 November 1979
Three black men rob a Knightsbridge Italian restaurant. But when the police are called and the robbery becomes a siege, the men find themselves in a situation out of their control.
22 July 1973
An in-depth look at Trinidad and Tobago's carnival through its turbulent history. African and East Indian rhthyms and rituals, combined with the European Mardi Gras celebration, have evolved into the spectacle of "mas" and music that erupts on the streets of Port of Spain on the two days preceding Lent.
12 October 2020
Marking Play for Today’s 50th anniversary, Drama Out of a Crisis is a compelling exploration of the series, its origins, achievements, controversies and legacies.
19 November 1976
A British-born younger son of an immigrant family from Trinidad finds himself adrift between two cultures.
27 June 1992
A two part documentary that details the contribution of black and Asian people to television history from the birth of television in 1936 to 1992.
20 January 1990
A young man looks back over his unhappy marriage and struggles to come to terms with his wife's suicide.
01 January 1978
If you’re young, male and you live in the city, how do you prove yourself in the most materially comfortable country on earth? How do you show courage, daring, skill, strength? How do you prove you’re a man? If you’re a Masai Tribesman in Africa you kill a lion.
