Friday, 31 March 2017: I, Daniel Blake

Friday, 31 March 2017, 20:00

Venue: (see Locations and Tickets for further details)

Programme category: Forest Row Film Society

“Ken Loach’s latest Palme d’Or winner, his second after 2006’s The Wind that Shakes the Barley, packs a hefty punch, both personal and political. On one level, it is a polemical indictment of a faceless benefits bureaucracy that strips claimants of their humanity by reducing them to mere numbers. On another, it is a celebration of the decency and kinship of (extra)ordinary people who look out for each other when the state abandons its duty of care.” – Mark Kermode, The Observer

Further reading

1. The Guardian
2. Time Out
3. The Observer
4. Slate magazine
5. Eye for Film
6. Interview with Ken Loach

Trailer