no_1_movie_fan
This is England
This is a British movie released in 2006. It is under the social realism genre and as you would expect is dark in places. The story is about a troubled boy called Shaun, growing up in the 1980s. He suffered a lot of bullying in school for the clothes he wore and led a difficult life with his father dead from fighting in the Falklands War.
Shaun went on to meet a group of skinheads - a traditionally neo-nazi group opposed to Margaret Thatcher and her policies. They blamed a lot of it on immigration. Most of the group were friendly though but one group member - Combo, took it a little too far and went around being extremely violent to Asians and ended up beating up Milky, a black member of the gang.
I find this a really powerful film that touches on some really powerful issues of racism, poverty, communities left to rot under Thatcher, yet still maintaining some elements of humour.
What do others think?
This is a British movie released in 2006. It is under the social realism genre and as you would expect is dark in places. The story is about a troubled boy called Shaun, growing up in the 1980s. He suffered a lot of bullying in school for the clothes he wore and led a difficult life with his father dead from fighting in the Falklands War.
Shaun went on to meet a group of skinheads - a traditionally neo-nazi group opposed to Margaret Thatcher and her policies. They blamed a lot of it on immigration. Most of the group were friendly though but one group member - Combo, took it a little too far and went around being extremely violent to Asians and ended up beating up Milky, a black member of the gang.
I find this a really powerful film that touches on some really powerful issues of racism, poverty, communities left to rot under Thatcher, yet still maintaining some elements of humour.
What do others think?