• Director(s)

    Joseph Curran & Dominic Aubrey de Vere

  • Production Year

    2022

  • Release date

    05/07/2024

  • Genre(s)

    Documentary

  • Approx. running minutes

    94m

  • Cast

    Peggy King Jorde, Annina Van Neel

Film

A Story Of Bones

infrequent strong language, racism

In this moving and sobering documentary exploring slavery, racism and identity, a woman seeks the memorialisation and burial of the remains of liberated Africans on St Helena, but faces adversity from higher authorities.…

In this moving and sobering documentary exploring slavery, racism and identity, a woman seeks the memorialisation and burial of the remains of liberated Africans on St Helena, but faces adversity from higher authorities.

Content Advice(May contain spoilers)

language

discrimination

injury detail

theme

violence

threat and horror

sex

drugs

  • Director(s)

    Joseph Curran & Dominic Aubrey de Vere

  • Production Year

    2022

  • Release date

    05/07/2024

  • Genre(s)

    Documentary

  • Approx. running minutes

    94m

  • Cast

    Peggy King Jorde, Annina Van Neel

infrequent strong language, racism
Classified Date:
21/06/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Tull Stories
language
There is infrequent strong language ('motherf**ker', 'f**k') and use of milder terms, including 'shit', 'piss' and 'hell'.
discrimination
The history of slavery is evidenced by photographs and verbal references, including a reading from a historical text featuring the term 'negroes'. Systemic and historical racism is references, including in the treatment of burial grounds and human remains. The word 'n****r' is seen on a memorial site as part of racist vandalism, and a white woman appears in a play wearing heavy make-up to appear black. Discrimination is condemned by the film.
injury detail
Images of skeletal human remains are shown as part of excavations of burial sites.
theme
People become upset when discussing slavery, identity, and the deaths of thousands of African people.

  • Classified date

    21/06/2024

  • Language

    English