In 2000 Ken Loach Made a Film Called Bread and Roses

question 3

Multiple Choice

In 2000 Ken Loach made a film called Bread and Roses. The film is set in Los Angeles and is related in many ways to the discussion in Chapter 11. Given what you know from Chapter 11, what is the film about?

• A) It's about the outsourcing of Hollywood jobs, especially those that involve digital editing and postproduction.
• B) It's about globalization and follows the adventures of a young Japanese couple as they explore Los Angeles.
• C) It's a critique of capitalist and bureaucratic malevolence, following a conspiracy in the 1970s to control the water supply in Southern California.
• D) Based on the best-selling novel by James Ellroy, it's a crime drama that explores both the dark side of the Los Angeles police force and Southern California's criminal underbelly in the early 1950s.
• E) It's about the struggle of janitors, most of them immigrants, to unionize.

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