ChannelHopper.org > Social realism in film
Social realism in film
Look Back in Anger
A disillusioned, angry university graduate comes to terms with his grudge against middle-class life and values.
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Look Back in Anger
London to Brighton
It's 3:07am and two girls burst into a run down London toilet. Joanne is crying her eyes out and her clothing is ripped. Kelly's face is bruised and starting to swell. Duncan Allen lies in his bathroo...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent London to Brighton
Carla's Song
A Glasgow man visits war-torn Nicaragua with a refugee tormented by her memories.
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Carla's Song
Poor Cow
A young woman lives a life filled with bad choices. At a young age she marries and has a child--with an abusive thief who quickly ends up in prison. Left alone, she takes up with the guy's mate, anoth...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Poor Cow
The Blue Lamp
P.C. George Dixon is a long-serving traditional copper who is due to retire shortly. He takes a new recruit under his aegis and introduces him to the easy-going night beat. Dixon is a classic ordinary...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent The Blue Lamp
Letter to Brezhnev
The factories, pubs, clubs, hotels and streets of 1980s Liverpool form the backdrop for this tale of love, friendship, sex and a letter to the Soviet leader, Leonid Brezhnev. Two Liverpool lasses, Ter...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Letter to Brezhnev
Born Equal
Four characters living in one neighborhood in London - all living dramatically different lives, all of them on the edge - see their stories unfold.
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Born Equal
A Boy Called Dad
When he becomes a father at the tender age of 14, Robbie's life quickly spirals out of control. Feeling angry and neglected by his own dad, he kick-starts a series of events that will catapult him at...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent A Boy Called Dad
Cesar Chavez
A biography of the civil-rights activist and labor organizer Cesar Chavez. Chronicling the birth of a modern American labour movement, Cesar Chavez tells the story of the famed civil rights leader an...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Cesar Chavez
Sparrows Can't Sing
Charlie returns to the East End after two years at sea to find his house demolished and wife Maggie gone. Everyone else knows she is now shacked up with married bus driver Bert and a toddler, and they...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Sparrows Can't Sing