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The Colony

Philip Donnellan's film looks at a railwayman from St. Kitts, a bus conductor from Jamaica, singers from Trinidad and a nurse from Barbados, all now living in Birmingham. (1964)

A railwayman from St. Kitts, a bus conductor from Jamaica, a family of singers from Trinidad and a nurse from Barbados ...

Philip Donnellan's Birmingham-based film gives a voice to West Indian immigrants who movingly describe their experiences of trying to integrate into a surprisingly unwelcoming β€˜mother country’. Shot in 1964 the film provides an important snapshot of Britain in the early stages of momentous social change and first-generation Afro-Caribbean immigration. (1964)

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Tue 30 Jun 1992 23:15
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Participant Stan Crooke
Participant Victor Williams
Participant Polly Perkins
Participant Bernice Smith
Participant Pastor Dunn
Director Philip Donnellan
Producer Philip Donnellan
Camera Operator Geoff Mulligan
Sound Recordist Bob Roberts
Sound Mixer Brian Watkins
Production Assistant Richard Marquand
Editor Edward Le Lorrain

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