My Childhood (1972) & My Ain Folk (1973) - Bill Douglas Double Bill

A double bill screening of Bill Douglas's first two autobiographical films, My Childhood and My Ain Folk, at Lochgelly Film Nights.

Lochgelly Film Nights presents the opening two films of Bill Douglas's acclaimed autobiographical trilogy. Set in a Scottish mining community after the Second World War, the black-and-white films follow young Jamie through poverty, family separation and growing up. Both are regarded as landmark works of Scottish cinema, with a combined running time of about 1 hour 40 minutes.