“The Old Oak”— Screening and Panel on Immigration in Boston and Beyond

RENOWNED DIRECTOR’S FINAL FILM TACKLES ONE OF THE MOST FRAUGHT TOPICS OF TODAY

Joe Kennedy III, Marcela García, Wilfix Cherazard, and Ty Burr discuss Ken Loach’s “The Old Oak” and the immigrant crisis.

The movie screening will be September 12, 6 p.m., at the West Newton Cinema. The event will be a joint fundraiser for English for New Bostonians and the West Newton Cinema Foundation.

One of the best films of 2023, “The Old Oak” is a British drama about a poor mining town in the north of England, the title pub at which the locals gather, and the pub owner who befriends one of the town’s Syrian refugees and, in being welcomed into her community, is threatened with being ostracized from his own. It’s a humane masterpiece from writer-director Ken Loach, who, at 88, has announced that after more than three dozen movies, “The Old Oak” will be his last.

The film addresses one of the thorniest of modern issues, the international refugee crisis and its effects on local communities, and it does so in a way that is relevant both universally and to lived experiences in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Following the screening on the 12th, a distinguished panel will discuss the film and the issues faced by immigrants and local communities alike. Moderated by former Boston Globe film critic Ty Burr, the panel will include former Congressman Joe Kennedy III, Boston Globe reporter Marcela García, and others!

Tickets can be purchased here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-old-oak-screening-and-panel-on-immigration-in-boston-and-beyond-tickets-998827027527?aff=oddtdtcreator