A Good Father
A Good Father
1980, English. Directed by Nick Gifford.
This intimate, quietly observed documentary charts the day-to-day life of Jamaican-born Sid Williams and his six children, who live in the Montpelier area of Bristol. The second in a trilogy of films that followed the Williams family.
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A Good Father (1980) was directed by Nick Gifford.