Banned Ken Loach Charity Film Gets Rare Airing

First Posted: 08/24/11 09:22 AM ET Updated: 10/24/11 06:12 AM ET

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A 1969 documentary by Ken Loach, made for and later banned by Save the Children, has been shown to an audience of critics and colleagues in London.

The untitled film will have its public premiere on 1 September and forms part of a major retrospective of the British director's work at BFI Southbank.

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