Fast girls

Fast girls is about a teenager called Shania Andrews from a rough area of London training to become an olympics spriter for team GB. Shania, belongs in a working/lower class family in a tower block of flats in London. She has many distractions because of her class. For example, Shania can't afford nice track running shoes, therefore she has to train in these tatty old normal running shoes. She also trains in a shutdown running track with a voluntary coach. At one point in the film Shania and her sister get kicked out her aunties house where she was orginally staying and Shania is forced to sleep in the freezing cold shed of the shutdown running track.

When Shania is picked for Team GB she is instantly being looked down upon by a middle class spriter called Lisa. Lisa has always had everything; the boots, the kit and the facilties to train at etc. This links in with Gramsci Theory. The middle class are the dominative class and have a more previlegded view than working/lower class. This is why Shania can't stand her, Because Lisa has also had things handed to her on a plate, she acts like she is the greatest and looks down at others.

Shania and Lisa aren't friends. Through out the film Lisa's father which has a huge amount in link with the sporting association dislikes shania too. This is because of her class. Lisa's father tries everything to kick her out the team because she's a 'disgrace'. When in actual fact, he doesn’t like her daughter mixing with lower classes than the middle class.