On the Black Hill (1988)

Review: On the Black Hill (1988)

Director: Andrew Grieve

Cast: Mike Gwilym, Robert Gwilym, Bob Peck, Gemma Jones, Jack Walters,

Mike Gwilym
Mike Gwilym
Robert Gwilym
Robert Gwilym
Bob Peck
Bob Peck
Gemma Jones
Gemma Jones
Jack Walters
Jack Walters

Plot: The story covers eighty years in the lives of a pair of Welsh identical twins with an unusual bond, as they go through war, love affairs, and land disputes.

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New releases from the BFI, 2016: Part 2

New releases from the BFI, 2016: Part 2

Two new BFI releases, Peter Hall’s Akenfield (1974) and Andrew Grieve’s On the Black Hill (1988), view the 20th Century through the relationships of people in rural Britain to the land, evoking physical hardship and timeless mystical […]

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