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<\/p>\nReviewed by Hassan Kandil. Viewed at AFI Fest 2016.<\/p>\n
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I really admired\u00a0the work of Director Ken Loach in the movie “I, Daniel Blake”. Filming\u00a0the movie, Loach attempted to portray and show how the issues of everyday common people – that may seem inferior – could\u00a0be life changing to\u00a0others. It is a story we’ve all heard of, one that is not bound by neither space nor time. The challenges Daniel Blake as well as other main characters face, are hurdles\u00a0we all are familiar with as a society even since the Old Ages. The story of “I, Daniel Blake”, is a story about illness, poverty, and honor. Daniel Blake is a 59 year old man who has been recently diagnosed with a health problem. Unable to work – due to government guidelines\u00a0concerning\u00a0work qualification – Daniel has yet to find means to support himself both medically and financially. Throughout the movie, Daniel struggles to get government support even after they had forced him out of his life-long hard working career as a carpenter. Standing\u00a0in line along others awaiting their faith, Daniel met with a struggling single mother\u00a0to which he befriended and offered her all he has, if he had it. Throughout the movie Loach highlights these mighty challenges millions have to face each day, and shows the audience that even though what one might be facing is common, it is still significant and worth fighting your life for. In a showcase of nobility, Daniel – who\u00a0owns nothing – stands by a\u00a0mother and her two children, when society and government have abandoned them altogether. Amazing movie from Loach reminding us all about what it means to stand together when the\u00a0dark approaches, and how the most helpless can still offer help. For me, this movie is a story of sacrifice, suffering, and unconditional love in a\u00a0harsh world controlled by the art of governing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Reviewed by Hassan Kandil. Viewed at AFI Fest 2016. I really admired\u00a0the work of Director Ken Loach in the movie “I, Daniel Blake”. Filming\u00a0the movie, Loach attempted to portray and show how the issues of everyday common people – that may seem inferior – could\u00a0be life changing to\u00a0others. It is a story we’ve all heard […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":111405,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[289,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-afi-filmfest-2016","category-films"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/111405"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37002\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}