A documentary exploring Bill Douglas' struggle from childhood poverty to acclaimed filmmaker of Comrades and the Trilogy.
Direction
Kimpton-Nye lets Douglas's own words carry crushing weight.
Production
Rare archive footage of a man who hated being filmed.
Director
Andy Kimpton-Nye
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Douglas's My Childhood was shot in the actual miner's cottage where he grew up, with his real-life aunt playing his mother.
The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum in Exeter now holds the UK's largest film archive outside London — the ultimate ironic legacy for a man who couldn't get funded.
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