Ken Loach
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Kenneth Charles Loach (born 17 June 1936; Nuneaton) is a retired British film director, screenwriter and producer. His humanist values and socialist political views are evident in his film treatment of social issues such as poverty (Poor Cow, 1967), homelessness (Cathy Come Home, 1966), and labour rights (Riff-Raff, 1991, and The Navigators, 2001). Kenneth Charles Loach was born on 17 June 1936 in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, the son of Vivien (née Hamlin) and John Loach. He attended King Edward VI Grammar School and at the age of 19 went to serve in the Royal Air Force. He read law at St Peter's College, Oxford and graduated with a third-class degree. As a member of the Oxford University Experimental Theatre Club he directed an open-air production of Bartholomew Fair for the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford, in 1959 (when he also took the role of the shady horse-dealer Dan Jordan Knockem). After Oxford, he began a career in the dramatic arts. 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), received the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, making him one of only nine filmmakers to win the award twice.
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The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006)
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I, Daniel Blake (2016)
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To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
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Sorry We Missed You (2019)
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The Angels' Share (2012)
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Kes (1970)
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The Old Oak (2023)
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Hidden Agenda (1990)
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Land and Freedom (1995)
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Poor Cow (1967)
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Looking for Eric (2009)
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Sweet Sixteen (2002)
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Riff-Raff (1991)
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Ladybird Ladybird (1994)
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McLibel (2005)
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The Navigators (2001)
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Jimmy's Hall (2014)
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September 11 (2002)
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Ae Fond Kiss... (2004)
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Bread and Roses (2000)
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Route Irish (2011)
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It's a Free World... (2007)
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Carla's Song (1996)
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My Name Is Joe (1998)
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Fatherland (1986)
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Tickets (2005)
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Raining Stones (1993)
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Cathy Come Home (1966)
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Family Life (1971)
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Auditions (1980)
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The Spirit of '45 (2013)
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The Red and the Blue (1983)
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Up the Junction (1965)
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Black Jack (1979)
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The Big Flame (1969)
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The End of Arthur's Marriage (1965)
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In Two Minds (1967)
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The Coming Out Party (1965)
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The Price of Coal, Part 2: Back to Reality (1977)
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The Golden Vision (1968)
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The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People (1977)
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Which Side Are You On? (1985)
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The Gamekeeper (1980)
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Three Clear Sundays (1965)
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Looks and Smiles (1981)
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The Rank and File (1971)
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A Question of Leadership (1981)
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The Save the Children Fund Film (1971)
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A Tap on the Shoulder (1965)
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The Flickering Flame (1996)
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Talk About Work (1971)
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Another City: A Week in the Life of Bath's Football Club (1998)
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The View from the Woodpile (1989)
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The Arthur Legend (1991)
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A Contemporary Case for Common Ownership (1995)
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In Conversation With Jeremy Corbyn (2016)
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Time to Go (1989)
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Wear a Very Big Hat (1965)
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End of the Battle... Not the End of the War (1985)
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