Movies for July 2017: I, Daniel Blake and I Am Not Your Negro

Bill T is hosting in July and the movies to see are:

I, Daniel Blake (2016)

After having suffered a heart-attack, a 59-year-old carpenter must fight the bureaucratic forces of the system in order to receive Employment and Support Allowance.

Director: Ken Loach

Writer: Paul Laverty (screenplay)

Stars: Dave Johns, Hayley Squires, Sharon Percy 

I Am Not Your Negro (2016)

Writer James Baldwin tells the story of race in modern America with his unfinished novel, Remember This House.

Director: Raoul Peck

Writers: James Baldwin (writings), Raoul Peck (scenario)

Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, James Baldwin, Harry Belafonte 

Films of Merit 

• I Love Dick (TV series)
• Master of None (TV series)
• My Cousin Rachel (2017)
• Moby Dick (1956)
• Queen of the Desert (2015)
• Silicon Valley (TV series)
• The Zookeeper's Wife (2017)

• Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right by Jane Mayer