health stigma

His films like 'The Wrestler' and 'Black Swan' intimately explore physical and mental illness, addiction, and the social stigma surrounding bodily decay and psychological breakdown.

His socially conscious films such as 'I, Daniel Blake' and 'Sorry We Missed You' expose the stigmatization of poverty-related health crises and systemic discrimination against vulnerable populations.

Her films including 'Trouble Every Day' and 'Bastards' confront viewers with taboo health conditions and social ostracism, refusing to sanitize or look away from bodily vulnerability and disease.