Biography ken loach bds

“Films can do anything: from the broadest comedy, to the darkest tragedy, to documenting what’s happening in a very direct way.” When asked the question “Are films the best way to put forward a political agenda?” this was how Ken Loach responded.

A director whose entire career has been spent highlighting social problems and individual experiences through a realist lens, Loach rejects the boundaries that we place on films, stating that we should not ask what films should do, and instead recognise what they can do.

He looks for “stories that demand to be told, that have a significance beyond their simple narrative.”

Ken admits that one film alone cannot make a political movement. He argues that his films must be placed in their political context and that have inspired thousands of people into social action.

One of his early works for the BBC, Cathy Come Home, had an enormous impact on social attitudes towards homelessness, spread awarene