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#Horace
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00:00 We are very sad to announce that filmmaker Horace Ovee, trailblazer of black British
00:04 cinema, passes away at 86 for his last video, "Watch the video till end".
00:09 British filmmaker Horace Ovee, known for being the first British filmmaker of African descent
00:15 to direct a feature-length film, has died.
00:17 It was announced yesterday that British filmmaker Horace Ovee, best known for being the first
00:22 British filmmaker of African descent to direct a feature-length film in the UK, has sadly
00:27 passed away at the age of 86.
00:30 Zac Ovee, one of Ovee's children, announced his father's death on Facebook, "ATH at 4.3
00:37 this morning while sleeping peacefully.
00:39 I hope his spirit is free now after many years of suffering with alzheimer's.
00:43 You are forever missed and forever loved.
00:46 Rest in peace pops and thank you for everything."
00:49 Ovee's most famous film, "Pressure" surrounds a British-born teenager, Tony, who struggles
00:54 with balancing his traditional Caribbean family, British culture and systemic racism.

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