class degradation

His films like 'I, Daniel Blake' and 'Kes' document the systemic degradation of working-class dignity through welfare bureaucracy and economic hardship.

Through improvisation-based narratives, he explores how class structures humiliate and diminish individuals in films like 'Naked' and 'Another Year'.

Their neorealist approach in 'Rosetta' and 'The Kid with a Bike' portrays the social and psychological erosion of economically vulnerable characters with unflinching compassion.