Bill Douglas Trilogy

Bill Douglas Trilogy

3 Movies

The Bill Douglas Trilogy recounts the harrowing experiences of a young boy, Jamie, growing up in crippling poverty: material and emotional impoverishment; harrowing privations at the hands of his paternal grandmother; incarceration in a children’s home; living in a hostel for down-and-outs.

ALL MOVIES IN ORDER

1. My Childhood
1972 · ★ 7.1
The first part of Bill Douglas' influential trilogy harks back to his impoverished upbringing in ear…
2. My Ain Folk
1973 · ★ 7.2
When Jamie's maternal grandmother dies, he and his brother Tommy are separated - Tommy is taken off …
3. My Way Home
1978 · ★ 7.3
Jamie leaves the children's home to live with his paternal grandmother. After working in a mine and …