A Way of Life (2004)

Recommended
UK
Feature Film
Writer/Director: Amma Asante
Cinematographer: Ian Wilson
Composer: David Gray
Cast: Stephanie James, Gary Sheppeard, Nathan Jones, Dean Wong, Sara Gregory, Oliver Haden, Brenda Blethyn

A single, teenaged mother, who lives alone with her unhealthy baby, struggling to get by on insufficient benefits, becomes paranoid about her Turkish neighbour, when she witnesses several conversations between him and her social worker, eventually leading to a horrific, violent confrontation, which will cause the downfall of her family, in child actress turned film-maker Asante’s disturbing, compassionate, and unflinching look at racism and its causes. Iain.Stott