urban documentary

His observational documentaries like 'Titicut Follies' and 'Grey Gardens' pioneer an immersive cinema-verité approach to capturing urban life and institutional realities.

His socially-conscious films such as 'I, Daniel Blake' and 'Kes' intimately document working-class urban and rural struggles with unflinching realism.

Her films like 'Nomadland' and 'The Rider' blend documentary-style storytelling with narrative cinema to explore marginalized lives in American landscapes and cities.