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His masterpiece 'Modern Times' (1936) satirizes industrial factory life and the dehumanizing effects of mechanized labor on workers.
Walter Lang Germany'Metropolis' (1927) depicts a dystopian factory-city where workers toil underground to sustain an elite surface society.
Ken Loach United KingdomHis socially conscious films like 'Kes' and 'Looking for Eric' frequently explore working-class factory communities and industrial decline in Britain.