‘Hunger is being used as a weapon,’ says veteran director, calling for public rage over situation he says is worse than when he made Cathy advance domestic in 1966Ken Loach has said there needs to be more public outrage around benefit sanctions and the reliance on food banks, and with the situation much worse for working people than when he made his seminal film Cathy advance domestic,in 1966.
The veteran film-maker rarely speaks while developing a project but is so deeply concerned about government policy on benefits and the sanctions regime that he gave an interview to the Guardian on the set of his latest film.
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Source: theguardian.com