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participation. Instead, human needs must be understood within the material aspects, which vary across different contexts, and are related to financial and symbolic elements, such as humiliation, shame, and stigma.

Later, with no electricity at home and depressed, Daniel had his appeal accepted. He went to the hearing with Katie. As noted, this is not a Hollywood movie and does not have a happy ending. Daniel had a fatal heart attack minutes before the hearing. As Katie claimed, the state electronic scrutiny“drove him to an early grave. ”Nevertheless, she honored Daniel's life andread his poignant words (written for his appeal) during his funeral:

I'm not a National Insurance Number or blip on a screen... I don't accept or seek charity. My name is Daniel Blake... As such, I demand my rights... I, Daniel Blake, am a citizen.

Regardless of the misleading discourses that influence policies,

I, Daniel Blake (2016) | Director: Ken Loach poor and working-class people exercise their agency and fight for their rights and humanization.

I, Daniel Blake, undoubtedly challenges the fallacious beliefs about people living in poverty and inneed of welfare benefits.

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Miriam Furlan Brighente holds a degree in Psychology from the Universidade do Extremo Sul de Santa Catarina (Unesc). PhD in Education from the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (PUC-PR), and Master in Education from the same university with a scholarship from the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES). She is currently a member of the Southeast Michigan Stewardship Coalition's Teacher and Youth Continuing Education Program (SEMIS Coalition) based at Eastern Michigan University (EMU) in the United States, in addition to being a PhD researcher at the Department of Teacher Education.

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Daniel Blake (Dave Johns) is a 59-year-old widowed carpenter who must rely on welfare after a recent heart attack leaves him unable to work. Despite his doctor's diagnosis, British authorities deny Blake's benefits and tell him to return to his job. As Daniel navigates his way through an agonizing appeal process, he begins to develop a strong bond with a destitute, single mother (Hayley Squires) who's struggling to take care of her two children.

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