Use of themes in British Social Realism

What is the link between British Social Realism themes and the real world?

 In British social realism films we see a lot of themes that keep recurring , such has violence , drugs and sexual abusive. This is because these films occur a lot in real life. For example the film 'this is England  has got a racial and violence theme behind it , this was common in real life at the time of the films era. This allows the target audience to relate to the situations which occur in the films. It can also educate people which have never been to Britain , it gives a more realistic point of view. There is a lot of gang robbery's in London which revolve around men of a certain race disliking another type of race so they decide to harm them. For example the EDL which stands for English defense league is still about in modern society, and British social realism films like to capture such issues.

What is unique about how themes are explored in British social realism films?

The themes that are shown in british social realism films are pretty graphical and disturbing . They only appeal to a niche  audience which is not suitable for children. They like to explore themes which are harsh and gritty which may put of potential viewers from watching. For example the film 'Fish tank' explored the theme of what could be raped , because the girl was underage whilst the man took advantage of her because she was drunk. This could be hurtful for people to watch if they have been in that situation before even so british social realism continue to produce content like this. In most films there is a happy ending in which the bad guy loses and their is a hero , however this is not the case for british social realism films as the main character is normal in a bad situation and gets into a worst situation . For example 'kidulthood' the main character is in school and is trying to make money on the side with his uncle, he is exploited to torture in which he uncle conducts. At the end of the film the main character dies from getting hit with a baseball bat.

Is there any themes which are essential to all British social realist films? What are they? Why are they essential?

The theme as to do with whats going on in britain  For example if there was a war then they would produce british social realist film about how people would proceed through a war. The themes are not global such as a world war or aliens coming down to take over the world. They stick to London situations like in 'Attack the block' , aliens come from space and this all goes down in a estate location which is very common in britain  In British social realist films themes keep recurring such has violence drug abusive and neglect ion. This is because sadly in the UK there are allot of these activity's going on . Young kids are being influenced into drug selling and gang violence so british social realism films like to show this through their films. A big part of themes comes from whats new in britain.