rural hardship

His films consistently document the struggles of working-class and rural communities, examining poverty and systemic injustice through deeply humanistic storytelling.

He explores rural poverty and family hardship in films like 'Still Walking' and 'Shoplifters,' revealing the quiet desperation of marginalized communities.

Her work, particularly 'Nomadland' and 'The Rider,' portrays rural American hardship and economic precarity with intimate, poetic realism.