social realism

social realism (uncountable)

1. An art and film movement that critically portrays the everyday lives of the working class and the poor.
   • 2010 January 14, Graham Fuller, “Social Realism in a Poetic Lens”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     The consistent look and the working-class milieu of Ms. Arnold’s films align them with the three British directors most associated with social realism: Ken Loach, Mike Leigh and Alan Clarke, who died in 1990.

• socialist realism

• real socialism