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An exclusive documentary with film legend Horace Ové Born in Belmont, Trinidad, in 1939, Horace Ové came to Britain in 1960 to study painting, photography and interior design. His entry into film was working as a film extra on the set of the 1963 Joseph L. Mankiewicz epic Cleopatra after its production moved to Rome. On returning to London, Ové went to study at the London School of Film Technique, and in 1966 he directed The Art of the Needle, a short film for the Acupuncture Association. In 1969 he made another short film, Baldwin's Nigger, in which African-American novelist James Baldwin discusses Black experience and identity in Britain and America.[4] His next film, filmed at a concert in Wembley Arena in 1970, was a documentary called Reggae,[5][6] which was successful in cinemas and was shown on BBC television. Ové subsequently did other documentaries for the BBC, including King Carnival (1973) in The World About Us series. Then in 1975 he directed the film for which he is best known, Pressure - the first full-length drama feature film by a Black director in Britain. Telling the story of a London teenager who joins the Black Power movement in the 1970s, Pressure featured scenes of police brutality that ostensibly led to its banning for two years by its own backers, the British Film Institute, before it was eventually released to wide acclaim. Short documentary about legendary filmmaker Horace Ové CBE, whose career has spanned over 40 years in the film industry. This documentary titled "Has Anything Changed" looks back at his journey for breaking into the film industry with his first feature-length film Pressure (1976), to become the first Black British film director. He shares some insights of his early experiences in the process whilst drawing contrast between then and now. Watch King Carnival - http://ning.it/198PyJw