rural land inheritance

His films like 'After the Storm' and 'Our Little Sister' explore family bonds tied to ancestral homes and the weight of inherited responsibilities in rural settings.

His socially conscious cinema frequently examines rural communities facing economic pressures, land dispossession, and the struggle to maintain family legacies.

Her films 'The Rider' and 'Nomadland' deeply engage with displacement from rural land and the dissolution of inherited ways of life in America.