Ken Loach film offers up food for thought
Comrie Cinema Club is offering film buffs a chance to see a film with a social conscience at the same time as meeting the people who run the Perth and Kinross Foodbank.
Many people are keen to see Ken Loach’s latest film,‘I, Daniel Blake’(15), which won a Palme d’Or at 2016 Cannes Film Festival.
The story follows Daniel, a 59 year-old joiner, who struggles with the red tape of the benefits system. He strikes up a friendship with a single mum who has experienced homelessness.
Thanks to director Loach agreeing it should be made available for community groups to show first, the Comrie club is able to screen the film on January 15, a good while before the DVD release date.
Before its recent screenings Comrie Cinema Club has successfully combined discussion relating to issues arising in the films.
Perth author Ajay Close came along to talk about her book‘A Petrol Scented Spring’ before the showing of ‘Suffragette’and Katherine Burrows, from LGBT Youth Scotland, came to discuss transgender issues before ‘Transamerica’and‘The Danish Girl’were shown.
“Folk seemed to really appreciate the chance to discuss issues in more detail,” said Comrie Cinema Club’s Maureen Sturrock.
“So on Sunday, January 15 at 7.30pm, when we screen‘I, Daniel Blake’in the WRI Hall in Nurses Lane, we decided to ask Rona Archibald from the local foodbank to speak.
“We decided it was appropriate to donate money raised to the Perth and Kinross Foodbank and people can also donate non-perishable food on the night.”
Tickets cost £5 in advance from Hansen’s Kitchen or at the door. BYOB and snacks.
For children, there is a screening of animation‘Storks’ (U) at 3pm.