Ken Loach urges filmmakers to stick to 'principles' while calling for a ceasefire in Gaza
· 19.02.2024 · 12:13:00 ··· ··· Monday ·· 1 (1)
The Independent Screenwriter, and director Ken Loach, used the Bafta’s to urge the film community to call for a ceasefire in Gaza, saying it’s their job ‘is to reflect the world around us.’
‘When I began in the sixties, it wasn't seen as a bad thing to be committed to your principles’ Loach told the Independent on the red carpet.
The 87-year-old, who’s film The Old Oak was up for outstanding British Film Category posed with a ‘stop the war’ poster on the red carpet in protest against the war in the middle-east.
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