Mr. Toad's Friday Night Movies: Social Realism of Loach & Ramsay

In anticipation of our Mod dance party on February  10 - our Friday night double feature on February 9th will screen two pioneering works of British social realism: Ken Loach’s Kes (1969) and Lynne Ramsay’s Ratcatcher (1999).

This cultural movement in cinema, often called “Kitchen Sink realism,” gets cooking in the 50s and 60s on the heels of widespread industrial decline and economic hardship following world war II. With real working class struggles coming to the fore all over the British isles, frustration with the UK’s endless class struggle comes to a boil. And similar to other moments of narrative realism in history - British filmmaking makes a sharp towards representing the gritty daily reality of the working man.
 
Friday, February 9th, 2024

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