• Director(s)

    na

  • Production Year

    2022

  • Genre(s)

    Documentary

  • Cast

    Louis Theroux

TV Show

Louis Theroux: Forbidden America

LOUIS THEROUX: FORBIDDEN AMERICA is documentary series; in this episode, the documentarian explores racism and the potential harm of online trolling.…

LOUIS THEROUX: FORBIDDEN AMERICA is documentary series; in this episode, the documentarian explores racism and the potential harm of online trolling.

  • Director(s)

    na

  • Production Year

    2022

  • Genre(s)

    Documentary

  • Cast

    Louis Theroux

discrimination, racism, sexual violence references, strong language
Classified Date:
08/04/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k') as well as milder terms, such as 'bitch'.
discrimination
People interviewed in the episode express racist, antisemitic, homophobic and sexist views, including use of language such as 'n****r', 'faggot' and 'retard'. However, the series does not endorse discriminatory behaviour.
sexual violence and sexual threat
Footage is played of a man making verbal threats to rape a woman. The man's behaviour is clearly condemned.
additional issues
There's brief sight of men fighting at a real protest and a verbal ref to an anti-racist man's death.
strong language, drug misuse and references, violence theme
Classified Date:
08/04/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
Rappers perform in music videos posing with automatic weapons as a reflection of a lifestyle in which guns and violence play an everyday part. There are references to feuds in which real life violence and death figure significantly, although nothing of this is portrayed.
language
There is strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder bad language such as 'bitch', 'whore', 'shit', 'ass' and 'damn'.
drugs
There are references to the misuse of recreational and prescription drugs, and drug dealing, as well as frequent sight of people smoking marijuana as part of a lifestyle. The work as a whole does not endorse drug misuse, and there are references to its dangers and death from overdoses and tainted substances.
additional issues
There are uses of the racial term 'nigga' in peer-to-peer conversations and the lyrics of rap songs. There are infrequent moderate sex references.
sexaul violence references, strong sex references
Classified Date:
08/04/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
sex
There are strong sex references within the context of pornography, as well as brief scenes of sexualised nudity.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are several verbal references to sexual violence, coercion and harassment as well as brief scenes in which a man gropes women on camera. Sexual violence is clearly disapproved of by the work as a whole.
additional issues
There is also strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker'), and references to drug misuse.
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  • Classified date

    08/04/2022

  • Distributor

    BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

  • Language

    English