Ken Loach’s Palme d’Or award-winning historical drama, The Wind that Shakes the Barley (2006) is set against Ireland’s battle against the British Empire in the early 1920s and the tumultuous birth of…
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In the “digital information” age, the political and economic power lies with those who have unprecedented access to ‘data’ commodity. Data has swiftly replaced ‘oil’ as the most valuable resource, and it…
For the past half-century, British film-maker Kenneth Charles Loach has been making films that showcase the political and social experiences of the working class. From the earlier BBC plays to the Palme…
