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His films like 'The Florida Project' intimately portray marginalized children and vulnerable families navigating systemic hardship and precarious living situations.

His masterpiece 'Nobody Knows' directly examines abandoned children and the failure of social systems, while exploring themes of parental absence and chosen family throughout his filmography.

His socially conscious films like 'I, Daniel Blake' and 'Kes' powerfully depict how institutional systems fail vulnerable youth and children in foster care or poverty.