• Director(s)

    Chinonye Chukwu

  • Production Year

    2022

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    130m

  • Cast

    Danielle Deadwyler, Jalyn Hall, Jamie Renell

Film

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racism, disturbing images, upsetting scenes, moderate threat

A powerful US drama, based on real events, in which a woman seeks justice for the racist murder of her son. Set in the 1950s, the story is at times harrowing, but humanises its protagonists and handles the death sensitively.…

A powerful US drama, based on real events, in which a woman seeks justice for the racist murder of her son. Set in the 1950s, the story is at times harrowing, but humanises its protagonists and handles the death sensitively.

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Content Advice(May contain spoilers)

violence

threat and horror

language

sex

discrimination

sexual violence and sexual threat

disturbing images

drugs

  • Director(s)

    Chinonye Chukwu

  • Production Year

    2022

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    130m

  • Cast

    Danielle Deadwyler, Jalyn Hall, Jamie Renell

racism, disturbing images, upsetting scenes, moderate threat
Classified Date:
27/09/2022
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Universal Pictures Int (UK)
violence
There is audio of a teen boy being beaten by a white gang, but no on screen visuals. He is roughly manhandled, and another man is knocked back when people force entry to his home. There are verbal references to murder and violence.
threat and horror
There are scenes in which Black people are threatened by white people, including a sequence in which armed men come at night and kidnap a young teen.
language
The term 'damn' is used.
sex
A teen boy attempts to flirt with a woman in a store, whistling at her.
discrimination
There are multiple scenes of racist behaviour, including the use of racist language such as 'n****r', 'negro', 'sambo' and 'coloured'. Racism is clearly condemned by the film as a whole. Audio is heard of a racially motivated murder, and the victim's body is later found.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A woman claims in court that a teenage boy sexually assaulted her.
disturbing images
A mother examines the badly injured and swollen corpse of her young son. She decides to publicise the state of his body as a representation of racist violence, to shock people into action. The narrative features extended focus on the mother's grief in a number of upsetting scenes.
additional issues
A woman claims in court that a teenage boy sexually assaulted her.
racism, disturbing images, upsetting scenes, moderate threat
Classified Date:
09/02/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
MGM
violence
There is audio of a teen boy being beaten by a white gang, but no on screen visuals. He is roughly manhandled, and another man is knocked back when people force entry to his home. There are verbal references to murder and violence.
threat and horror
There are scenes in which Black people are threatened by white people, including a sequence in which armed men come at night and kidnap a young teen.
language
The term 'damn' is used.
sex
A teen boy attempts to flirt with a woman in a store, whistling at her.
discrimination
There are multiple scenes of racist behaviour, including the use of racist language such as 'n****r', 'negro', 'sambo' and 'coloured'. Racism is clearly condemned by the film as a whole. Audio is heard of a racially motivated murder, and the victim's body is later found.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A woman claims in court that a teenage boy sexually assaulted her.
disturbing images
A mother examines the badly injured and swollen corpse of her young son. She decides to publicise the state of his body as a representation of racist violence, to shock people into action. The narrative features extended focus on the mother's grief in a number of upsetting scenes.
additional issues
A woman claims in court that a teenage boy sexually assaulted her.
Classified Date:
24/11/2022
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Universal Pictures Int (UK)

  • Classified date

    09/02/2023

  • Language

    English