Film- This is England

This film is set in the north of England in the 80's and follows a young boy who becomes invloved in the National Front. The acting from a group of unknowns is amazing and really brings home the disturbing reality of skinhead culture in Thatcher's Britain. The locations used are often bleak- generic housing estates that could be anywhere and stretches of wasteland that make the film unmistakably English. On a lighter note, the wardrobe department have clearly had a lot of fun recreating the era that taste forgot!

It is interesting that although the film is rated an 18 (understandable considering the language used and graphic violence), some local councils decided to overturn this in order to reach the target audience of teenagers. Although set in the 80's, the theme of racism is very much relevant to teenagers and Im sure many won't be strangers to swearing and violence.