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Ken Loach Remembers... The Old Oak

Ken Loach reflects on The Old Oak, his deeply moving portrait of solidarity, displacement and community in a former mining village in County Durham.

Ken Loach reflects on The Old Oak, his deeply moving portrait of solidarity, displacement and community in a former mining village in County Durham. Set against the arrival of Syrian refugees in a town scarred by austerity and deindustrialisation, the film explores whether compassion and collective action can survive in fractured times.

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14 minutes

Credits

Role Contributor
Interviewed Guest Ken Loach
Series Producer Simon Goretzki
Producer Tina Chamberlain

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