• Director(s)

    Clement Virgo

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    120m

  • Cast

    Lamar Johnson, Aaron Pierre, Marsha Stephanie Blake

Film

Brother

strong threat, violence, language, racism

Moving between 1981, 1991 and 2001, this emotional drama tells the story of a Canadian-Jamaican family dealing with tragedy and violence, with upsetting scenes involving racism, grief and mental health.…

Moving between 1981, 1991 and 2001, this emotional drama tells the story of a Canadian-Jamaican family dealing with tragedy and violence, with upsetting scenes involving racism, grief and mental health.

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Content Advice(May contain spoilers)

violence

threat and horror

language

sex

discrimination

injury detail

dangerous behaviour

theme

  • Director(s)

    Clement Virgo

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    120m

  • Cast

    Lamar Johnson, Aaron Pierre, Marsha Stephanie Blake

strong threat, violence, language, racism
Classified Date:
26/05/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Artificial Eye Film Co. Ltd
violence
Violence includes gunfire and beatings. A man coughs up blood after being shot multiple times in a gang attack. A teenager is forced to watch as men beat up his brother, without strong visual detail.
threat and horror
There are sustained scenes of building threat, including knife and gun threat and upsetting scenes of racist police aggression towards unarmed Black civilians. A group of people chase down and beat another person before dousing him with lighter fuel and briefly threatening him with a lighter; this is followed by disturbing aftermath images of the victim laughing hysterically, his mouth bloodied and missing multiple teeth. In another scene a distressed teenager is pinned to the ground and forced to watch his brother being beaten.
language
There is use of strong language (‘f**k’, ‘motherf**ker’). Milder terms include ‘n***a’, ‘bitch’, ‘screw’, ‘shit’, ‘ass’ and ‘asshole’.
sex
There is a moderate scene of sex, with brief thrusting detail, as well as a short scene in which teenager masturbates under his bed sheets.
discrimination
Black characters face racist aggression, violence and harassment by white police officers, culminating in the shooting of an unarmed civilian. In another scene a young Black man advises his brother to act confident in order to prove he’s not ‘a nobody, a n****r’. An unlikeable character uses the discriminatory term ‘spaz’.
injury detail
There is occasional bloody detail in the aftermath of violence. Threatened with a knife, a young man grabs the blade in his fist to intimidate his aggressor, resulting in images of dripping blood and a bloody cut on his palm.
dangerous behaviour
Several scenes show two young people climbing an electricity pylon. However, it is acknowledged that this behaviour is very dangerous.
theme
The film deals with themes of bereavement and mental health, and features scenes of emotional distress.
strong threat, violence, language, racism
Classified Date:
20/09/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Artificial Eye Film Co. Ltd
violence
Violence includes gunfire and beatings. A man coughs up blood after being shot multiple times in a gang attack. A teenager is forced to watch as men beat up his brother, without strong visual detail.
threat and horror
There are sustained scenes of building threat, including knife and gun threat and upsetting scenes of racist police aggression towards unarmed Black civilians. A group of people chase down and beat another person before dousing him with lighter fuel and briefly threatening him with a lighter; this is followed by disturbing aftermath images of the victim laughing hysterically, his mouth bloodied and missing multiple teeth. In another scene a distressed teenager is pinned to the ground and forced to watch his brother being beaten.
language
There is use of strong language (‘f**k’, ‘motherf**ker’). Milder terms include ‘n***a’, ‘bitch’, ‘screw’, ‘shit’, ‘ass’ and ‘asshole’.
sex
There is a moderate scene of sex, with brief thrusting detail, as well as a short scene in which teenager masturbates under his bed sheets.
discrimination
Black characters face racist aggression, violence and harassment by white police officers, culminating in the shooting of an unarmed civilian. In another scene a young Black man advises his brother to act confident in order to prove he’s not ‘a nobody, a n****r’. An unlikeable character uses the discriminatory term ‘spaz’.
injury detail
There is occasional bloody detail in the aftermath of violence. Threatened with a knife, a young man grabs the blade in his fist to intimidate his aggressor, resulting in images of dripping blood and a bloody cut on his palm.
dangerous behaviour
Several scenes show two young people climbing an electricity pylon. However, it is acknowledged that this behaviour is very dangerous.
theme
The film deals with themes of bereavement and mental health, and features scenes of emotional distress.
Classified Date:
08/08/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Artificial Eye Film Co. Ltd

  • Classified date

    20/09/2023

  • Language

    English