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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 ‘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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41 minutes

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Tue 30 Jun 199223:15
BBC Two

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ParticipantStan Crooke
ParticipantVictor Williams
ParticipantPolly Perkins
ParticipantBernice Smith
ParticipantPastor Dunn
DirectorPhilip Donnellan
ProducerPhilip Donnellan
Camera OperatorGeoff Mulligan
Sound RecordistBob Roberts
Sound MixerBrian Watkins
Production AssistantRichard Marquand
EditorEdward Le Lorrain

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