I Am Black

59-year-old Daniel Blake (Dave Jones) Dave Johns (played by Dave Johns) is a carpenter who needs to apply for social assistance for the first time in his life due to heart problems. Although his doctor prohibited him from continuing to work, he decided to risk a fine and find a job. In the process of his repeated visits to the "Job Center" to apply for jobs, he met Katie (Hayley Squires), a single mother who needs to take care of two children. In order to prevent her child from ending up in a children's welfare home, she had to live in a house 450 kilometers away from her birthplace. The cumbersome procedures of today's British administration are like a net that tightly traps both men. Daniel and Katie decide to try to help each other...