rural decline

His films like 'Still Walking' and 'Our Little Sister' poignantly capture the erosion of rural family traditions and the struggle of aging communities facing modernization.

A master of social realism whose films such as 'Kes' and 'I, Daniel Blake' expose the economic devastation and human cost of rural and working-class community collapse.

Her films 'The Rider' and 'Nomadland' document the quiet desperation and dignity of people displaced by rural economic decline in contemporary America.