Ken Loach
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| Born | Kenneth Charles Loach 17 June 1936 Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England |
| Alma mater | St Peter's College, Oxford |
| Children | 5 |
| Spouse | Lesley Ashton |
| Founder of | Collective Party |
Ken Loach (born 17 June 1936) is an English film and television director. He is known for his socially critical directing style and for his socialist ideals, which are evident in his film treatment of social issues such as poverty, homelessness (Cathy Come Home, 1966) and labour rights (Riff-Raff, 1991, and The Navigators, 2001).
Ken Loach's film Kes (1969) was voted the seventh greatest British film of the 20th century in a poll by the British Film Institute. Two of his films, The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006) and I, Daniel Blake (2016)[1] received the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, making him the ninth filmmaker to win the prestigious award twice.[2]
In September 2016, Loach produced a short documentary on Jeremy Corbyn's campaign for reelection as Leader of the Labour Party because he “wanted to meet longstanding party members who are inspired by Jeremy, members who have rejoined the party and those who have joined Labour for the first time. Over two days travelling to events and meetings with Jeremy, I documented the sense of optimism and hope that explains why so many are ready to fight for the new settlement that Jeremy Corbyn offers - a vision for our country which in government can implement a shift in wealth and power to ordinary people.”[3]
A Document by Ken Loach
| Title | Document type | Publication date | Subject(s) | Description |
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| Document:‘What about the Israeli army killing unarmed Palestinian civilians’ | Article | 27 April 2018 | "Antisemitism" Israel Palestine Charles Michel | Ken Loach asked the Belgian prime minister: “Mr Michel is a lawyer, did he wonder about Israel’s failure to comply with international law? Has he asked the question of colonisation of the Palestinian territories? Has he asked the question of unarmed Palestinian civilians killed by the Israeli army? Has he asked the question of refugees living under the protection of the United Nations?" |
Related Document
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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| Document:Hostages to wealth and the growing resistance | Article | 26 October 2016 | Keith Ordinary Guy | The UK government has prostituted itself to the free markets and private interests, and, as with the banking crisis, it is we, the public who get shafted. The least we can do is oppose, resist and expose and be ready for whatever comes next. |
References
- ↑ "I, Daniel Blake: Ken Loach and the scandal of Britain’s benefits system"
- ↑ "Ken Loach wins the 2016 Palme d'Or cementing his place in the festival's pantheon of great directors". The Telegraph. Retrieved 22 May 2016.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
- ↑ "Watch Ken Loach’s Jeremy Corbyn Labour Leadership Documentary"
