racial dynamics

His films like 'Do the Right Thing' and 'Malcolm X' directly confront systemic racism and Black identity in America through provocative narrative and visual storytelling.

His works including 'Moonlight' and 'If Beale Street Could Talk' explore racial identity, queerness, and belonging through intimate, poetic examinations of Black lives.

Films like 'The Killing of a Sacred Deer' and 'Poor Things' use allegory and dark surrealism to interrogate power structures, otherness, and systemic violence.