agricultural decline

His films like *Days of Heaven* and *The New World* poetically explore humanity's fraught relationship with the land and agricultural labor.

His work, particularly *Accattone* and *The Gospel According to St. Matthew*, documents the disappearance of rural and agricultural communities in post-war Italy.

His socially conscious films like *Kes* and *I, Daniel Blake* examine rural poverty and the systemic decline of agricultural communities and working-class life.