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I, Daniel Blake


Directed by: Ken Loach


2016 | United Kingdom | 100 minutes



Screening

Friday, August 4, 2017, 7pm

Matinee

Saturday, August 5, 2017, 3pm

Screening

Saturday, August 5, 2017, 7pm



Winner of the Palme d’Or at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, the latest from director Ken Loach is a gripping, human tale about the impact one man can make. Gruff but goodhearted, Daniel Blake (Dave Johns) is a man out of time: a widowed woodworker who’s never owned a computer, he lives according to his own common sense moral code. But after a heart attack leaves him unable to work and the state welfare system fails him, the stubbornly self-reliant Daniel must stand up and fight for his dignity, leading a one-man crusade for compassion that will transform the lives of a struggling single mother (Hayley Squires) and her two children. Graced with humor and heart, I, Daniel Blake is a moving, much-needed reminder of the power of empathy from one of the world’s greatest living filmmakers.

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