Pioneering filmmaker, Trinidad-born Horace Ove, has died.
Mr. Ove was known for his work on the first black British feature, Pressure, in 1976, and King Carnival, which told the story of the Trinidad Carnival.
He was honoured for his contribution to film several times over, having received TT’s Hummingbird Medal in 1992, and named a national icon by the Trinidad and Tobago Government in 2013.
In 2022, he was knighted during the UK New Year’s Honours for his contributions to British cinema and media.
Horace Ove was born in Belmont on December 3rd 1936. He was 86.