Anna Maria Zühlke O'Connor Del Fiorentino

Ken Loach in Cambridge

09 March, 2023 by Anna Maria Zühlke O'Connor Del Fiorentino

Ken Loach and me at St. John's College, Cambridge, during the event 'Precarious Lives: Inequalities in Health through the Lens of the Filmmaker'. - 09 March, 2023

A lovely note from Ken Loach after I gifted him a copy of my book. The most human person I have ever met.

One of the most special days so far, when I met one of the people I admire the most, Ken Loach. His movie Kes transformed me. Somehow his movies translate what I want to say in my academic work in social justice, bringing together the desire for action and change, while at the same time maintaining a delicate eye that sees the beauty and dignity of people and things that are undervalued and invisible.