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Classic Film Review: A Ken Loach dip into Dickensiana — “Black Jack” (1979)
Ken Loach built his career on films of protest, depicting the oppressed of many places and many eras in their struggle against their oppressors. The Brit’s “socialist realism” was obvious from his breakthrough English working class classic “Kes,” with the … Continue reading
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