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His films like 'The Grapes of Wrath' and 'My Darling Clementine' powerfully depict agrarian struggle and displacement during economic crisis.

His work explores the spiritual and material loss of rural communities facing industrialization and economic hardship, particularly in 'Days of Heaven'.

He consistently examines economic injustice and rural hardship affecting working families through socially conscious narratives in films like 'Kes' and 'I, Daniel Blake'.