intellectual vs working class

His filmography relentlessly explores working-class struggles against systemic oppression, from 'Kes' to 'I, Daniel Blake', positioning intellectual and bureaucratic forces as antagonists to ordinary people's dignity.

Through improvisational narratives like 'Naked' and 'Another Year', he examines the friction between educated, privileged characters and working-class protagonists, revealing the alienation caused by class divides.