Film: "I, Daniel Blake"
Ken Loach masterfully captures daily British life in this tender dramedy about an older man navigating a labyrinth of bureaucracy.
Location
Visual Arts Center 104 Loew Auditorium
Sponsored by
Hopkins Center for the Arts
Audience
Public
Unable to work after suffering a heart attack, Daniel (Dave Johns) must apply to the government for benefits. But with the seemingly endless documentation required, his computer illiteracy and the condescending functionaries to whom he must repeat the same information in one soul-killing encounter after another, Daniel is all but defeated from the beginning. English director Ken Loach’s thoroughly shattering film, which won the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, will strike a chord with anyone who has ever tried to negotiate their way through a labyrinth of bureaucracy. D: Ken Loach, UK, 2016, 1h 40m
Location
Visual Arts Center 104 Loew Auditorium
Sponsored by
Hopkins Center for the Arts
Audience
Public
