John Pilger - One British Family (1974)

1974. Viewing the racial minefield of British society through the eyes of a black family.

[@dermotwalsh9662]

All credit to John Pilger, he covered subjects that most journalists wouldn't touch. He ruffled feathers at the highest level getting to the truth and covered a multitude of topics from government cover ups to wars around the world. Today's journalists do and say as they are told, how i wish he was covering the catastrophe in Gaza exposing the genoside and ethnic cleansing, sadly missed by the worlds free press.

[@JoshuaDillonn]

beautifuil film, been uploaded for 11 years now. only just been recodmended now.

[@niteblaster1]

This is what KZbin was made for 😀 He reminds me of that man from love thy neighbour 😂

[@JoshuaDillonn]

@@niteblaster1 Bill...

[@pilgrim3387]

Newcastle is a lovely place. With lovely people. I'm from Ireland and have been over a few times. Great salt of the earth people.

[@kellybaxter2558]

Lovely to hear. Im Gateshead born and bred. We're mostly a bunch of salt of the earth ordinary people. Proud to be so 😊

[@etherealdreams7936]

I spent 2 years there from 2001/03 and lived in Wallsend & Longbenton.​@@kellybaxter2558

[@ajs41]

Poor people then dressed better than rich people do today, despite the fact they hardly had any money to spend on clothes.

[@Keithbarber]

And youth knew how to keep their trousers pulled up, no sign of any "sagging", trousers halfway down their arses, their boxers on display

[@jaimz33]

68. Was the year of made to measure tonic mohair suits for 15 year olds

[@armandsdamanhoo]

Luxury was created to keep the poor poor

[@OmgAuntySuzanne16]

Pride

[@userfile007]

Even better in the 50s

[@richardcockerham4483]

It would be interesting to see a follow up on this family.

[@temih8152]

Go on @amberrosegil on Instagram.

[@barbarawalsh9135]

Such a joy to hear people speak truth 💐

[@WinnerWinnerEmmaDinner]

According to Facebook it looks like Errol and Suzanne Gill are still married and have a paranormal investigation company.

[@ObsoleteOddity]

They have separate social media accounts, and there are no photos of them together - in fact on her Twitter account, she has a photo of herself with another man. It would appear they are no longer together.

[@WinnerWinnerEmmaDinner]

@@ObsoleteOddity Thanks!

[@ObsoleteOddity]

@@WinnerWinnerEmmaDinner I went looking, because I was hoping that they would still be together as well!

[@paulwestwell7160]

They are not the Gills featured in this documentary.

[@ObsoleteOddity]

@@paulwestwell7160 I would say they definitely are, because I checked their facial features separately, it’s the same people.

[@ginagina73774]

Thing is this is early example of fear, racism prejudice. On the blacks behalf. Hats off to Errol he integrated and got stuck in. Did well.

[@stephenholmes1036]

As an Irish immigrant family you found prejudice regardless of colour. No Irish, no blacks no dogs you just got on with it

[@Wheramai]

​@@stephenholmes1036 🎯

[@coltonsimmonds6991]

'Please; Is It Possible To Find Out How Things Turned Out For That Young couple'.

[@IngenerateIngenue]

17?! She looks 35 and has a very mature outlook for 17.

[@Paulie2906]

So John Pilger thinks that Errol was lucky to have chosen the white over the Black side and so would never stop speaking Geordie and start speaking West Indian, whatever that's supposed to mean as there is no such language/dialect as West Indian. John Pilger also thinks that schizophrenia among young black men was caused by being torn between being Black or white. How does that account for the young white men/women who also suffer from schizophrenia? And the idea that schizophrenia is literally a split personality is nonsense. Schizophrenia is a mental health condition characterised by hallucinations and delusions and hearing voices that aren't there.

[@davidbarnes241]

Schizophrenia is almost 10 times more prevalent among black men than white men. It’s one of the many differences between the various ethnic groups. It is just as prevalent in their African homeland and has nothing to do with cultural experiences in a majority white nation. Of course Pilger was decent, but ill informed.

[@jaimz33]

Actually in that period psychiatrists assumed it because rastas said I and I. Seriously that happened.

[@samuelmoore668]

are you sure they are not alluding to W. E. B. Du Bois' concept of double consciousness within the African diaspora?

[@clivebaxter6354]

Comrade Pilger, even he could not say the same things about immigrants today!

[@Signaman-z9d]

There's brown people who came at that time we're a different type of people to the illegal immigrants that now come. These people's that came we're all working class. They left jobs to come to GB to rebuild it after WW2 like the Irish did before and after.✌️☘️

[@KatePerry-y5s]

Bollox they did!!! Jamaica had too many people and not enough jobs, so they dumped them here!!!! This government at the same time was encouraging our own indeginous people to emigrate to other commonwealth countries!!!!! This film is propaganda!!!!!!!! WE WERE NEVER ASKED!!!!!!!!!!

[@leebeech6407]

Lovely family

[@SaoirsenahÉireann1]

Leaving Trinidad for Newcastle....what can I say????

[@samanthatee6617]

Errols neice won love island in 2019 and has done really well for herself. Amber Rose Gill. Shes absolutely gorgeous, with that distinctive Geordie accent!!x :)

[@jaimz33]

I'd love to know how the kid and his girlfriend got on and if they're together today.

[@layde1]

What happened to the young couple with the baby on the way? I hope they stuck together and were happy.

[@Keithbarber]

Be nice to how the baby is doing today as an adult, now in his mid 40s And how this family is going overall? The 1970s was one of the most fascinating decades of the 20th century

[@Euclides287]

​@@Keithbarber That baby is *50 years old* now. People are not kidding when they say time flies..

[@sicks6six]

if the young couple in this film read this I would like to know how life worked out for you both and the baby to be, did you stay together or split up, did you stay in that area, and what jobs did you end up doing, I've searched the intent for any information but there isn't anything, not even on Pilger's website, Pilger's intentions are good but some of conclusions and statements are strange, comparing the geordie and west Indian languages and cultures, choosing white over black and it causing schizophrenia, it is all a bit over the top, during his conversations with you's he steers the conversation to get the answers he wants instead of letting you just talk, I hope you's made it together and had a happy life, your baby will be 50 now.

[@pielight7449]

I relate directly to this, particularly Erol...I'm about 5 years younger than Erol, with Black dad (Ghanaian and appears sat down in the background at 19m45s) and white mother from Newcastle and brought up Geordie. I met my white wife in early 1976 when we both 15 and we're still together having married (both now 63) with two beautiful daughters and 3 lovely grandchildren. I well remember Rocky, regularly being around when I grew up btw.

[@sicks6six]

@@pielight7449 good to hear that, your dad looks well cool in the video, is that at the Caribbean club on the west road near the bowling alley, I went in there a few times in the 1970s,

[@pielight7449]

​@@sicks6six Thanks. Yes my Dad was a cool character right until he passed away just over 4 years ago aged 90! 😎 I'm not sure where they were, but could well be the Carribbean club as you say 👍🏼

[@londonlady1966]

What a lovely family.

[@joemorgan636]

Love to know where they are at today whether him and his girlfriend wife to be worked out and Errol sister. I wonder if his mum and dad are still alive today?

[@kevgeordie1]

Wow imagine such nice people moving in next door, I personally don’t believe such people exist today, wholesome honest and family oriented… I know they do but they are in the minority unfortunately.

[@Elevenbells]

I’d love to know the onward story!!

[@keitholdbean3173]

People were decent in those days ... even the bbc was impartial in those days .

[@ajs41]

The poorest people in those days were more decent than anyone is today.

[@Bloxdio_God]

What has declined is the average level of intellect. Blame reality tv and celebrity culture as well as gadgets.

[@gaycha6589]

@@Bloxdio_Godplus declined sense of both responsibility and accountability. Blame. Blame blame is the modern mantra. It’s saddening

[@simonstones1918]

@@gaycha6589and who do we have to blame for that, the Morons that rule over us…,

[@MSalt69]

Yeah. Now it’s a Tory mouthpiece.

[@roger2008100]

What would John think of the Daily Mail as it is today.

[@jaimz33]

Pilger was a Mirror man

[@jessielegrande5211]

@@jaimz33 True and he probably thought less and less of that as it's mostly a celeb rag these days.

[@YJB8CCFC]

That shite of a rag stirs up the hatred more than anything other than maybe politicians.

[@union310]

I will say this for coloured brethren, they dress smart, they know the value of family, they respect the church. The white man has forgotten those values and turned its back on the values we had.

[@adkviking69shofner98]

I got used to THESE people lol

[@joemorgan636]

Don’t understand explain please

[@turbocut]

@@joemorgan636 The neighbour on the street said it right after he said he wasn’t prejudice

[@tonyshortland8812]

Do you think he was then?

[@joemorgan636]

What do you mean by that

[@cableguy786]

This is how old people talk, I don't think he ment anything bad

[@Soul_of_Mischief]

“I was out in India for a long time and got used to these people”. Said next to the black kid 🤦🏻‍♂️. He meant well though.

[@stephenholmes1036]

He meant what?

[@simonstones1918]

I wonder if John P. Was happy that British turned into such a successful forced multicultural country 😃

[@steveandsherilyn7543]

I don’t think Enock Powell was a racist. I have watched and/or listened to his speeches and it seems to me that he was simply pointing out the social problems immigration would have on British society in the long run if it wasn’t kept under control, and he was proved right. Just because he voiced his opinion on what mass immigration would do to society doesn’t mean he was racist, he was a realist. Today, people can talk about how AI will affect humanity negatively if not kept in check, but that doesn’t mean they are against AI, they are just pointing out that careful measures need to be taken to protect mankind. Enock was doing the same thing, only his subject matter was immigrants, not AI.

[@hayerubihayerubi5720]

August 🤣 ffs

[@evanokeroa4877]

The greedy and the cannon fodder same race language ,one treats the other with contemptible disdain

[@wild7279]

Pilgers intentions have always been altruistic and fair minded, but even though this documentary was made in 1974 , some of his phrases and summing up is really cringeworthy. He keep on saying our society " but he's an Australian who can't have been in the UK that long at that point in time , there is no such language as West Indian . Plus as a child of immigrant parents himself he shouldn't be surprised at the sons attitude to integrate. I hope this family made it but I think the country and people were a lot more controlled and civilised in the UK of 1974 then society post Thatcher.

[@Juliukas101]

Society was also a lot more ignorant about racial differences. There was nothing wrong with that family. Pilger always seemed rather posh for a tabloid reporter.

[@nikkijackson2981]

I think you're being ignorant of how blacks were regarded back then. My mum and dad sold their 1st house in '74 & the neighbours had a real go saying my parents had devalued their property next door by selling to a black couple.

[@muckle8]

@nikkijackson2981 may I ask where your parents lived?

[@jaimz33]

Patois

[@muckle8]

@nikkijackson2981 may I ask where your parents lived? Just curious

[@JC-yc2sz]

Amazing naiveté on display here from Pilger. So much missing from his analysis. You almost get the sense that he made the documentary to fit his preconceived idealogical biases. It's a shame really. The fact is they don't belong here as much as we don't belong there. Sorry, you're not a member of my family is what it boils down to. Of course a certain well-organised rootless minority benefit enormously from the societal chaos caused by shipping people from there to here but would Pilger ever consider that?

[@michaelcarlos8686]

You know these peoples ancestors were transported to Trinidad by slave traders? So where do they belong? You can’t compare todays migrant sham with these people.

[@Olivia-vn1tf]

Thank god some one's said it. I couldn't get past the intro. This is the propaganda that has reduced Britain to the state it's in today.

[@terri6854]

But why does chaos occur in the first place?

[@moominmay]

Your fact is hardly a fact though. What do you even mean by belong? Just because you seem to have an inherent dislike of people from other countries doesn’t mean your outlook is more valid than someone who is accepting of immigrants. Anyway that said, my parents were hardworking first generation immigrants and I’m British born and proud. Unlike many of my white peers who chose crime, I appreciated the opportunities on offer and focused on my studies instead. Today I have a job I love and was able to upgrade my parents little terrace home to a beautiful bungalow as repayment for the hardships they suffered to give me the wonderful life I have now. My culture respects hard work and looking after family - something I know Britain needs more of.

[@JC-yc2sz]

@@moominmay You have been the beneficiary of a great gift bestowed upon your parents by a ruling elite in this country. The people of this country had no choice in the matter. You and the people in your category have benefitted enormously at the great expense of the native population. Your parents' country is worse off also. That country needs its own people too.

[@userfile007]

I was in India and “got used to these people”😂

[@niteblaster1]

He reminds me of that Man from love thy neighbour 😂

[@StonefieldJim4]

No one's laughing but you.

[@listeniolistenio5160]

19:17 My dream girl

[@susanofhullhumberside4753]

Antiwhite propaganda

[@silvertain1978]

Not at all, this was the 70s extremely racist I grew up in the 80s and remember loads of racist behaviour towards Indian amd black people

[@guyfitter3006]

@@silvertain1978yes I agree, even for me growing up in a small Cornish school in the 80’s, every week there was a new racist joke. I was just recalling this only this week in fact and I thought thank god our kids arnt racist like that.

[@silvertain1978]

​@@guyfitter3006funny I lived in North London then moved to Falmouth when I was 11 , Cornwall was by far the more racist even now my older relatives down there still make "innocent " casual racist comments

[@guyfitter3006]

@@silvertain1978 very interesting to hear your perspective. I think they am were so sheltered from the cultural shift it was just so foreign and so easy to be racist because no one of colour was there to defend themselves so it was seem has harmless and cos no one got punched in the head for it I guess it just kept rolling along.

[@guyfitter3006]

I live in Australia now and it’s just as sheltered!

[@DieselTreleaver99]

They breed like flies

[@NoLefTurnUnStoned.]

Who, the Geordies?