• Director(s)

    David Schickele

  • Production Year

    1971

  • Release date

    12/07/2024

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    74m

  • Cast

    Paul Eyam, Mike Slye, Elaine Featherstone

Film

Bushman

racism, sex references, nudity, child sex abuse references, strong language

A young Nigerian man settles in San Francisco amid political turmoil and reflects upon his experiences in this subversive US docudrama from 1971 which explores themes of belonging, race, identity and miscarriages of justice.…

A young Nigerian man settles in San Francisco amid political turmoil and reflects upon his experiences in this subversive US docudrama from 1971 which explores themes of belonging, race, identity and miscarriages of justice.

Content Advice(May contain spoilers)

violence

language

sex

discrimination

injury detail

nudity

suicide and self-harm

sexual violence and sexual threat

  • Director(s)

    David Schickele

  • Production Year

    1971

  • Release date

    12/07/2024

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    74m

  • Cast

    Paul Eyam, Mike Slye, Elaine Featherstone

racism, sex references, nudity, child sex abuse references, strong language
Classified Date:
17/06/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Other Parties Film Company
violence
Riot police strike people with batons during a clash with student protesters on a university campus. There is a verbal reference to a man being beaten by his father as a child.
language
Infrequent strong language ('f**k') is accompanied by moderate ('dick') and milder terms such as 'bullshit', 'ass', 'shit' and 'hell'.
sex
Moderate sex references include those that discuss intercourse and masturbation within the context of growing up in a religious community. The term 'screw' is used in the sexual sense. Personal advertisements in a newspaper feature infrequent references to “nude parties” and BDSM.
discrimination
A white man makes derogatory, racist remarks towards a black Nigerian character, mocking his language and culture. A black man becomes unfairly targeted by the police who falsely accuse him of committing criminal acts. There is use of racist and racial language ('n***r', ‘negro’); these terms are reflective of the historical period in which the work is set. Racism is clearly not condoned by the work as a whole.
injury detail
There is brief and undetailed sight of real dead bodies during a montage of black-and-white photographs.
nudity
There is brief female breast nudity within an implied post-coital context.
suicide and self-harm
A brief verbal reference is made to suicide, however, this takes place within a firmly anti-suicide context.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A character recounts an incident in which a predatory reverend made inappropriate physical contact with him as a child. He further recalls his friend warning him not to "sit on his lap and start behaving like a little girl". However, these verbal references are devoid of explicit detail.

  • Classified date

    17/06/2024

  • Language

    English