survival in poverty

Kinetic visual storytelling that captures the raw energy and desperation of marginalized urban communities.

His films like 'I, Daniel Blake' and 'Kes' intimately portray the struggles of working-class families navigating poverty and systemic inequality.

A pioneer of neorealism, his masterpiece 'Bicycle Thieves' devastatingly captures the desperation of poverty in post-war Rome through the eyes of an ordinary family.