The Colony
Filmed in 1964, this documentary reflects the language and social attitudes of its time.
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)Ìý
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