This powerful film draws upon an England on the verge of multi-culturalism, a time when ska and skinhead culture briefly came together only to be snuffed out by the rise of the National Front. Shaun is a mouthy yet vulnerable lad who falls in with a friendly and diverse bunch of skinheads. When an older, tougher member of the group returns home from prison, his seductive calls to patriotism, masking overt racism, divide the group.

Directed by Shane Meadows
100 mins, Cert. 18