What is british social realism?

British social realism is a genre of film which focus on issues in the UK by using different ideologies. They use such themes as , racism , violence , drug abuse , poverty and quiet dark humor. Most the films are targeted at people who are working class or would like to educate themselves on how the working class live. The story line to the film is mostly about a young teenager growing up in the modern society and having to survive for them self and chase their own dreams without any help. There are hardly no special effects use in british social realism films because they have a low budget , and they want to keep the film real and gritty. In british social realism films they don't use a lot of famous actors which could gain them a bigger target audience , they would rather give a platform to younger actors and give them a chance. Also most british social realism can't afford big Hollywood actors because they need to keep the budget down. Most the locations used in british social realism movies are in London or around London .This is because its the capital of the united kingdom , and most of british social realism films target audience are based in London.