This is England is based on the story of Shane Meadows the director of the movie and tackles the particular events about his youth. It follows the events of Shaun who had lost his father during the falklands war, along the way we see how Shaun gets teased at school and then a group of skinheads see him upset and begins to earn the recognition of the skinheads.
British social realism is about particular narrative themes these include poverty, tough family dynamics, unemplyment benefit systems, and crime/ illegal activities.
Bellow signifes some elements in this is England that links with social realism: