This is England

June 9th 2010

Twelve year-old Shaun hooks up with a bunch of fun-

loving skinheads during the long hot summer of 1983,

until the spectre of racism drags the group apart. The

change from light-hearted and frivolous to excruciating

menace and tension is graphically depicted via Meadow's

raw visual style. The film takes a child's perspective, with

the corruption of youth as a major theme.-it is not

comfortable viewing.