{"id":259,"date":"2017-05-17T22:26:58","date_gmt":"2017-05-18T05:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevezeltzer.com\/laborfest\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=259"},"modified":"2019-06-29T14:07:14","modified_gmt":"2019-06-29T21:07:14","slug":"i-daniel-blake","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/laborfest.net\/2018\/event\/i-daniel-blake\/","title":{"rendered":"Film: I, Daniel Blake (96 min.) 2017, UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Directed by K<em><strong>en Loach<\/strong><\/em>, written by <em><strong>Paul Laverty<\/strong><\/em><strong><span class=\"style65\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"style386\">Screenwriter <\/span><em><strong>Paul Laverty<\/strong><\/em><span class=\"style386\"> will introduce the film by Skype.<em><br \/>\nI, Daniel Blake<\/em> by Director <\/span><em><strong>Ken Loach<\/strong><\/em><span class=\"style386\"> and writer <\/span><em><strong>Paul Leverty<\/strong><\/em><span class=\"style386\"> is an important film on the destruction of the lives of workers and their families in the \u201cwelfare system\u201d. Blake is a carpenter who has a heart attack and is then forced to go back to work despite his health conditions. While he is fighting for compensation, he befriends a woman and her children who are also being ground up in the Employment and Support Allowance welfare system in the UK.<br \/>\nThis film, which won the Palme d\u2019Or at Cannes, touches the hearts of all people about what working people are going through in their struggle for survival.<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\nFollowing this film, there will be a discussion about LaborFests in the US and around the world and the fight to protect disabled workers and their families in the US.<br \/>\nPanel:<em><strong> Chris Jury<\/strong><\/em> UK Tolpuddle Radical Film Festival and Liberating Arts; <em><strong>Mehmet Bayran<\/strong><\/em>, LaborFest Turkey; <em><strong>Jimmy Kelly<\/strong><\/em>, ReelWorks Santa Cruz<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"I, DANIEL BLAKE  - OFFICIAL UK TRAILER [HD]\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ahWgxw9E_h4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-712\" src=\"https:\/\/stevezeltzer.com\/laborfest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/i-daniel-blake-3-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/laborfest.net\/2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/i-daniel-blake-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/laborfest.net\/2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/i-daniel-blake-3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/laborfest.net\/2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/i-daniel-blake-3-485x323.jpg 485w, https:\/\/laborfest.net\/2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/i-daniel-blake-3-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/laborfest.net\/2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/i-daniel-blake-3.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-714\" src=\"https:\/\/stevezeltzer.com\/laborfest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Ken-Loach-300x184.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/laborfest.net\/2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Ken-Loach-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/laborfest.net\/2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Ken-Loach-485x297.jpg 485w, https:\/\/laborfest.net\/2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Ken-Loach.jpg 636w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Free | <em>Director: Ken Loach, Screenwriter: Paul Laverty<\/em> | <\/strong> I, Daniel Blake by Director Ken Loach and writer Paul Leverty is an important film on the destruction of the lives of workers and their families in the \u201cwelfare system\u201d. Blake is a carpenter who has a heart attack and is then forced to go back to work despite his health conditions. 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