Article 6ETD3 Horace Ové, pioneering black British film-maker, dies aged 86

Horace Ové, pioneering black British film-maker, dies aged 86

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Nadeem Badshah
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Knighted in 2022, Trinidad-born Ove directed the first black British feature and documented the arrival of reggae to the UK

Horace Ove, regarded as the pioneer of black British film-making, died on Saturday at the age of 86, his son has announced.

Ove directed the first black British feature, Pressure, in 1976 and was also the first to document the arrival of reggae music to the UK with 1971's Reggae.

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