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Ken Loach - film director

Stephen Sackur speaks to film director Ken Loach. For many, movies are about escapism and entertainment. But not so for Ken Loach. If entertainment isn’t his mission, what is?

Stephen Sackur speaks to film director Ken Loach. For many film-makers and film goers, movies are about escapism and entertainment. But not so for Ken Loach, one of the most lauded and durable directors in the UK film industry. He has made 27 films and won the biggest prize at Cannes twice, and yet his films are the very opposite of escapism. His latest is an unrelenting, bleak take on the exploitation of workers in the so-called gig economy. If entertainment isn’t his mission, what is?

25 minutes

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Mon 11 Nov 2019 18:30

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Presenter Stephen Sackur
Interviewed Guest Ken Loach

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