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His films like 'Kes' and 'I, Daniel Blake' unflinchingly expose class inequality and the struggles of working-class people against systemic oppression.
Jean-Luc Godard FranceThrough films like 'Weekend' and 'Contempt,' he deconstructs bourgeois society and consumer culture with radical formal experimentation and Marxist critique.
Rainer Werner Fassbinder GermanyHis films such as 'The Merchant of Four Seasons' and 'Ali: Fear Eats the Soul' examine class divisions, exploitation, and the psychological damage inflicted by capitalist hierarchies.