working class struggle

His films like 'Kes' and 'I, Daniel Blake' unflinchingly chronicle the dignity and resilience of working-class people against systemic inequality.

Films such as '4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days' expose the grinding poverty and moral compromises imposed by economic hardship on ordinary people.

Through character-driven narratives like 'Secrets & Lies' and 'Another Year,' he explores class tensions and the emotional toll of economic struggle in contemporary Britain.