• Director(s)

    Joe Chappelle

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Genre(s)

    Crime, Drama

  • Cast

    Forest Whitaker, Ilfenesh Hadera, Lucy Fry

TV Show

Godfather Of Harlem

GODFATHER OF HARLEM is a crime drama series; in this episode, Stella and Olympia clash, while Bumpy bristles at having to deal with Joe Colombo.…

GODFATHER OF HARLEM is a crime drama series; in this episode, Stella and Olympia clash, while Bumpy bristles at having to deal with Joe Colombo.

  • Director(s)

    Joe Chappelle

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Genre(s)

    Crime, Drama

  • Cast

    Forest Whitaker, Ilfenesh Hadera, Lucy Fry

strong violence, language, sexual harassment
Classified Date:
08/09/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
Scenes of strong violence include shootings, stabbings, throat slashing, punches and use of explosives. Violence is frequently accompanied by blood spurts and bloody images.
language
There is strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker', 'c**ksucker'), as well as milder terms including 'prick', 'putana', 'shit', 'ass' and 'son of a bitch'.
sexual violence and sexual threat
When a woman visits an employment agency, a man unfastens his trousers and offers to find her work in exchange for sexual favours.
additional issues
There is use of racist language including 'n****r', 'negro' and 'cracker'. Racist sentiments are expressed by characters, reflecting the themes of the series and the period in which it takes place. There is also brief breast nudity.
strong language, violence, discrimination
Classified Date:
08/09/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
Strong violence includes stabbings, with occasional bloody images.
language
There is strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker'), and milder terms including 'ass' and 'shit'.
discrimination
There is use of racist language, including 'n****r', 'negro', 'guinea' and antisemitic terms.
additional issues
There is brief breast nudity, and there are moderate sex references. There are also undetailed verbal references to sexual violence.
strong bloody violence, language
Classified Date:
08/09/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
There are bloody head shootings and verbal references to firing squad executions.
language
There is strong language ('motherf**ker', 'f**k') along with milder terms which include 'shit', 'ass', 'asshole', 'balls', ''Jesus', 'God' and 'hell'.
additional issues
There is brief sight of heroin being cooked and verbal references to drug dealing. Characters are threatened at gunpoint and a man is tied and gagged. There are discussion of racist attitudes and behaviour in the US, including the description of a racially motivated murder. Song lyrics include the term 'n***a'.
strong bloody violence, language, nudity
Classified Date:
08/09/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
There are bloody shootings and a man's faced is slashed with a razor blade. Characters are tortured with a form of waterboarding. We see TV news footage of real rioting violence.
language
There is strong language ('motherf**ker', 'f**k') along with milder terms which include 'bitch', 'shit', 'ass', 'balls', 'Jesus', 'God', 'damn' and 'hell'. A character uses the middle-finger gesture.
nudity
There is brief sight of sexualised female breast nudity in a topless calendar.
additional issues
There is brief sight of heroin being prepared and verbal references to drug dealing. There are scenes of gun and knife threat; characters are abducted, tied and gagged. Characters discuss racist attitudes and behaviours in the US and globally. A white policeman uses the racist term 'n****r'; a black man also uses this term and refers to Italian people as 'guineas'.
drug misuse, strong language, gory images, racist language
Classified Date:
08/09/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
The episode features strong language ('motherf**ker' and 'f**k'). There is also racist language ('n****r').
drugs
A man and woman snort cocaine. In another scene, drug dealers inject an addict's arm with heroin in order to test the product. There is also the brief sight of heroin being prepared during the opening credits. In one scene, a man lies dead after an overdose, a needle still in his arm.
injury detail
There is a strong gory image when a man unzips a bag containing a bloody severed head.
additional issues
A man threatens to shoot his wife, who has a bruised face after it is implied that he hit her. There is also a brief undetailed shooting. A man refers to another man keeping 'wrapped up' during sex. There is also a verbal reference to anal sex and to 'f**king'. Scenes of racism, which are shown in the opening credits, include a man being hosed against a wall during a protest, and real footage of the KKK marching.
strong language, violence, drug misuse
Classified Date:
08/09/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
A man is shot in a scene which includes blood spurting detail.
language
The episode features strong language ('motherf**ker' and 'f**k'). There is also racial language ('negro').
drugs
A man snorts cocaine. There is also the brief sight of heroin preparation. References are made to cocaine and heroin dealing.
additional issues
A woman falsely accuses a man of making sexual advances, saying that he referenced the size of his penis. Scenes of racism, which are shown in the opening credits, include a man being hosed against a wall during a protest, and real footage of the KKK marching.
strong violence, gory images, language
Classified Date:
08/09/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
Men are shot in scenes which include blood spurting detail. A man ties another man to a chair and repeatedly punches him, causing his face to become increasingly bloody.
language
The episode features strong language ('motherf**ker' and 'f**k'). There is also racial language ('n***a' and 'negro').
injury detail
After a body is dug up, there is focus on the gory image of maggots feeding on the corpse's rotting flesh.
additional issues
Scenes of racism, which are shown in the opening credits, include a man being hosed against a wall during a protest, and real footage of the KKK marching. There are also verbal sex reference, including to 'f**king'. A large amount of cocaine is shown being prepared for supply, and verbal references are made to drug dealing. There is also brief sight of heroin being cooked on a spoon during the opening credits.
strong language, violence
Classified Date:
08/09/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
There are bloody shootings.
language
Strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker') features alongside milder terms including 'shit', 'bastards' and 'ass'.
additional issues
Other issues include moderate sex references and references to racism within a historical context, including use of the term 'negro'.
strong language, bloody violence, drug misuse
Classified Date:
08/09/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
Scenes of strong violence include use of blades to sever limbs and slash a man's throat, which are accompanied by strong bloody detail. Other violence include a man firebombing another's home, people being knocked unconscious on the street, as well as a man grabbing his wife by the neck and threatening her.
language
There is frequent use of strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker'), accompanied by other milder terms ('pussy', 'shit', 'piss', 'bastard', 'hell', 'Christ', 'God' and 'damn').
drugs
A man injects a woman with heroin against her will. There are also numerous verbal references to drug distribution.
additional issues
There are historical references to racism and segregation, such as use of signs and speeches which include racist language ('negro' and 'colored'). There are also brief scenes of police using water cannons to spray black people during the Civil Rights protests in the US in the 1960s.
strong language, injury detail, violence
Classified Date:
08/09/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
There are shootings resulting in sight of blood. A woman is grabbed by men and then injected with a drug.
language
There is strong language ('motherf**ker', 'f**k') along with milder terms which include 'bitch', 'shit', 'ass', 'balls', ''Jesus', 'God', 'damn' and 'hell'.
injury detail
A man's dead body is seen in a pool of blood and with intestines spilling over the ground after he falls to his death. We see a character's clothed chest left bloody from gunshot wounds
additional issues
We see images of real dead bodies in photographs of The Bay of Pigs Invasion. There is use of the term 'n****r' by a black man and a white man uses the term 'negro' in the context of the civil rights movement. There is brief sight of heroin being prepared and verbal references to drug dealing. There are scenes of gun and firebomb threat. Characters grieve for a lost loved one in scenes of emotional upset.
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  • Classified date

    08/09/2023

  • Distributor

    Starz.

  • Language

    English