food scarcity

His films like 'Pather Panchali' and 'Charulata' intimately portray the struggles of poverty and hunger in rural and urban India with humanistic depth.

His surrealist masterpieces such as 'Los Olvidados' and 'Viridiana' critique social inequality and deprivation through haunting examinations of hunger and class struggle.

His films document the economic displacement and material hardship of rural Chinese communities during rapid industrialization, exploring survival and scarcity with poetic realism.