I don't think films about working class people are sad at all; I think they're funny and lively and invigorating and warm and generous and full of good things.

We have to defend the migrant workers and give them our support and demand that they have the rights that workers here have from day one, but absolutely hate the system that forces people to leave their country, leave their homes, leave their families, to go somewhere else to be exploited.

I challenge the idea that films about rich people are escapism and films about working class people are dour and sad. I find the opposite's the case.

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