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

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

Ové 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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