Ken Loach is one of the most important filmmakers today.

For 6 decades, British filmmaker Ken Loach has harnessed the power of film and television to spotlight social issues facing so many people in the UK and worldwide.
In the mid-1960s, a fresh crop of filmmakers was recruited by the BBC to make television plays for an anthology series called The Wednesday Play.
One of these young filmmakers was Ken Loach, whose direct treatment of social issues - many of which were unspoken at the time - struck a nerve, triggering a tide of public discourse on topics like homelessness, abortion and mental health. Soon, his television plays were even being discussed on the floor of parliament.
In the following decades, he continued to tell raw and captivating stories from working peoples’ perspectives, filled with humour and heart, that touched on class divisions, the gig economy, bureaucracies, politics and immigration.
This July, we’re celebrating the career of Ken Loach with a retrospective of 9 films screening in ACMI Cinemas. Visit the ACMI website to learn more.
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