The Bill Douglas Trilogy

This program presents the complete autobiographical trilogy by British director Bill Douglas: 'My Childhood,' 'My Ain Folk,' and 'My Way Home.' This series of stark black-and-white films offers a profoundly moving and visceral portrait of a boy named Jamie growing up in a Scottish mining village, grappling with poverty, familial neglect, and isolation. Awarded top prizes at the Venice and Berlin International Film Festivals, the trilogy is a landmark of British cinema that showcases the emergence of a major cinematic voice through its unflinching and poetic realism.