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THEME EXPLORATION

economic displacement

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
As Far as I Can Walk
As Far as I Can Walk
2021 · Stefan Arsenijević
Moi, un noir
Moi, un noir
1958 · Jean Rouch
Krapatchouk
Krapatchouk
1992 · Enrique Gabriel
Gaayapadda Simham
Gaayapadda Simham
2026 · Kasyap Sreenivas
Isn’t Life Wonderful
Isn’t Life Wonderful
1924 · D.W. Griffith
The Pitfall
The Pitfall
1962 · Hiroshi Teshigahara
Yellow Letters
Yellow Letters
2026 · İlker Çatak
Deep Rivers
Deep Rivers
2018 · Vladimir Bitokov
Dignity of the Nobodies
Dignity of the Nobodies
2005 · Fernando Solanas
Xoftex
Xoftex
2024 · Noaz Deshe
Drifters
Drifters
2003 · Wang Xiaoshuai
Roger & Me
Roger & Me
1989 · Michael Moore
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Jia Zhangke → China · Fenyang

Time and landscape merge to chronicle China's forgotten margins with patient, eloquent stillness.

Ken Loach → United Kingdom

His films consistently document working-class struggle and economic hardship, exploring how ordinary people are displaced by systemic economic forces and deindustrialization.

Chloé Zhao → China/United States

Her films examine economic precarity and displacement through intimate portraits of people living on society's margins, particularly in contemporary America.

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