Philip Donnellan

A two part documentary that details the contribution of black and Asian people to television history from the birth of television in 1936 to 1992. Interviewees include: Pearl Connor, Thomas Baptiste, Lenny Henry, Norman Beaton, Horace Ové, Carmen Munroe, and Stuart Hall.

Based on Robert Louis Stevenson's novel.

Based on Robert Louis Stevenson's novel.

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.

Celebrates the life of Jack Elliott, a coal miner from Birtley, Co Durham. In 1962 Jack talked to a film crew about his life as a miner. In 1966 he died. The following year the pit at Birtley closed. The film is 'In memory of a man, a pit, and a community'.

Celebrates the life of Jack Elliott, a coal miner from Birtley, Co Durham. In 1962 Jack talked to a film crew about his life as a miner. In 1966 he died. The following year the pit at Birtley closed. The film is 'In memory of a man, a pit, and a community'.

A portrait of Ghana's first president Kwame Nkrumah

BBC documentary exploring the changing lifestyles of the long-entrenched British traveller as society grows more industrialised and wary of those without a fixed abode.

A day in the life of Joe, a chainmaker from Cradley Heath near Birmingham, UK in the late 1950s

A bitter account of the marginal status of the community of male Irish migrants responsible for rebuilding much of Britain's post-war infrastructure. Made for TV but never broadcast, it instead enjoyed limited circulation on the non-theatrical circuit.

The hero-figure of the British coalfield - is he real? or imaginary? is he man? or machine?

The hero-figure of the British coalfield - is he real? or imaginary? is he man? or machine?

1973 documentary on boxing from filmmaker Philip Donnellan, inspired by an original Radio Ballad of the same name by Charles Parker, Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger