industrial decline

His films like 'Kes' and 'I, Daniel Blake' unflinchingly document the human cost of deindustrialization and economic inequality in post-industrial Britain.

Works such as 'The Seventh Continent' and 'Code Unknown' explore alienation and social decay in late capitalism and the ruins of industrial society.

Her films 'The Rider' and 'Nomadland' capture the lives of displaced workers navigating economic collapse and the disappearance of stable industrial employment in America.