• Director(s)

    Veronica Robledo

  • Production Year

    2021

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    92m

  • Cast

    Kristen Renton, Bobbie Eakes, Bill Oberst Jr.

Film

The Crickets Dance

strong violence, racism, domestic abuse

THE CRICKETS DANCE is a US drama in which a woman finds an old journal in the antebellum house she inherited and learns all about the painful history of her new home.…

THE CRICKETS DANCE is a US drama in which a woman finds an old journal in the antebellum house she inherited and learns all about the painful history of her new home.

violence
There are scenes of strong violence, including a man yanking on a woman's bloody umbilical chord shortly after she has given birth. There are also scenes of domestic abuse, in which a wife is physically and verbally mistreated by her husband.
discrimination
Racism is a theme running throughout the film, with scenes tracing back to the American South in the 1800s. Some scenes depict racist violence, including sequences in which Black men and women are chained to a post and whipped. There is also use of racist language (e.g. a white man refers to a Black man as 'boy').
additional issues
There is moderate bad language ('bitch'). There are also infrequent scenes containing brief sexualised breast and buttock nudity.

  • Director(s)

    Veronica Robledo

  • Production Year

    2021

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    92m

  • Cast

    Kristen Renton, Bobbie Eakes, Bill Oberst Jr.

strong violence, racism, domestic abuse
Classified Date:
13/09/2021
Version:
2D
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Miracle Media
violence
There are scenes of strong violence, including a man yanking on a woman's bloody umbilical chord shortly after she has given birth. There are also scenes of domestic abuse, in which a wife is physically and verbally mistreated by her husband.
discrimination
Racism is a theme running throughout the film, with scenes tracing back to the American South in the 1800s. Some scenes depict racist violence, including sequences in which Black men and women are chained to a post and whipped. There is also use of racist language (e.g. a white man refers to a Black man as 'boy').
additional issues
There is moderate bad language ('bitch'). There are also infrequent scenes containing brief sexualised breast and buttock nudity.

  • Classified date

    13/09/2021

  • Language

    English