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Michael Pattison

Michael Pattison is a critic from Gateshead, England, and a Director of Alchemy Film & Arts in Hawick, Scotland. 

Celebrating Ken Loach

For over six decades, Ken Loach – who turns 87 today – has made powerful, committed work that unmasks exploitation and highlights ordinary peoples’ struggles against injustice.

Class Struggle on Film

This Saturday, the London Short Film Festival screens ‘Finally Got the News’ and ‘Class of Struggle,’ films which capture workers fighting against capitalism and racism in the tumults of the 1960s.