Kes by David Forrest Groundswell Speaker 2024 What if things turned out

What if things turned out okay

Immediately he is transported back almost twenty years to his student days in Tokyo

and which a perfect alien facsimile

' Jeremy Vine

Kes by David Forrest Groundswell Speaker 2024 What if things turned outKen Loach's 1969 drama Kes, considered one of the finest examples of British social realism, tells the story of Billy, a working class boy who finds escape and meaning when he takes a fledgling kestrel from its nest. David Forrests study of the film examines the genesis of the original novel, Barry Hines A Kestrel for a Knave (1968), the eventual collaboration that brought it to the screen, and the film's funding and production processes. He provides