adult learning

His films consistently portray working-class adults navigating systemic barriers to education and self-improvement, particularly in 'I, Daniel Blake' and 'Kes'.

Through character-driven narratives, he explores how ordinary adults learn about themselves, relationships, and society through lived experience and emotional growth.

His films examine how adults learn moral lessons and gain wisdom through family dynamics and unconventional circumstances, as seen in 'Shoplifters' and 'Broker'.