(Ken Loach, UK 2007, 96 min., 35mm)

IT’S A FREE WORLD (Ken Loach, UK 2007, 96 min., 35mm). When the sexy and brash Angie (Kierston Wareing in an engaging performance) is laid off from her job in London, she partners with her best pal Rose (Juliet Ellis) to start their own recruiting agency. Angie and Rose are at first able to succeed because of the large number of Eastern European immigrants who provide a cheap, and legal, labor pool for England, but soon it becomes necessary for the two partners to begin recruiting illegal immigrants. Loach’s first feature since The Wind That Shake’s the Barley is a funny, dramatic, and incisive look at personal ambition and social ethics.

Ken Loach, originally scheduled to be here at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, October 10th, has cancelled his visit due to unforeseen personal circumstances. The U.S. premiere of Loach’s new film, It’s A Free World, will show as announced at 8 p.m. on October 10th. Regular admission prices will apply. Cathy Come Home will screen on October 10th at 6 p.m. and October 11th at 6 p.m. For those who have purchased advance tickets full refunds will be given through October 11th.

Cathy Come Home, originally scheduled as part of this evening, will now screen on October 10 at 6 p.m. and again on October 11 at 6 p.m. Admission is included with purchase of ticket to An Evening with Ken Loach.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 6 p.m. and WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11 AT 6 p.m.: CATHY COME HOME (Ken Loach, UK 1966, 75 min., 16mm). The story of a young woman (Carol White) who is left homeless by the bureaucratic British welfare system, Loach’s powerful drama launched his career in features and forced changes in UK public policy.