A social problem film is a narrative film that integrates a larger social conflict into the individual conflict between its characters. In the context of the United States and of Hollywood, the genre is defined by fictionalized depictions of social crises set in realistic American domestic or institutionalized settings.[1]
- ^ "Film Genres: The American Social Problem Film | Film & Digital Media at UC Santa Cruz". film.ucsc.edu. Retrieved 2021-03-09.