I, Daniel Blake

September 14, 2017 4:14
I, Daniel Blake
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I, Daniel Blake

Sep 14 2017 | 4:14

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Show Notes

Ken Loach’s latest film dramatizes the struggles of a man trying to navigate the inhumane bureaucracy of social services in England in order to receive benefits while he is out of work. At the beginning of Ken Loach’s latest film, I, Daniel Blake, the opening credits show against a black background while we overhear a telephone conversation between the title character, Daniel Blake, and a social worker who goes through a litany of questions that Blake has already answered on a written form he submitted, all irrelevant to the real issue, which is that he recently had a heart attack,…

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