My Childhood

The second part (My ain folk) of Bill Douglas’ influential trilogy harks back to his impoverished upbringing in early-’40s Scotland. Cinema was his only escape - he paid for it with the money he made from returning empty jam jars - and...


The second part (My ain folk) of Bill Douglas’ influential trilogy harks back to his impoverished upbringing in early-’40s Scotland. Cinema was his only escape - he paid for it with the money he made from returning empty jam jars - and...

Director: Bill Douglas
Writer: Bill Douglas
Stars: Stephen Archibald / Hughie Restorick / Jean Taylor Smith / Karl Fieseler / Bernard McKenna
Genre: Biography / Drama
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