My Childhood (1972)

The first part of Bill Douglas' influential trilogy harks back to his impoverished upbringing in early-'40s Scotland. Cinema was his only escape - he paid for it with the money he made from returning empty jam jars - and this escape is reflected most closely at this time of his life as an eight-year-old living on the breadline with his half-brother and sick grandmother in a poor mining village.

• Release Date: 1972-06-05
• Runtime: 0h 47min
• Production Company: BFI
• Production Country: United Kingdom
• Director: Bill Douglas