Pioneering British Black filmmaker Horace Ové has died, his family has announced. He was 86. His son Zak posted on social media: “Our loving father Horace, took his last breath at 4.30 this morning…
Pioneering British Black filmmaker Horace Ové has died, his family has announced. He was 86.
His son Zak posted on social media: “Our loving father Horace, took his last breath at 4.30 this morning, while sleeping peacefully. I hope his spirit is free now after many years of suffering with Alzheimer’s. You are forever missed, and forever loved. Rest in Peace Pops, and thank you for everything.”, the first full-length Black British film, an exploration of the concerns of the emerging second-generation West Indians in Britain.
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