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- Sex & Nudity (1)
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- Profanity (5)
- Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking (7)
- Frightening & Intense Scenes (3)
- Spoilers (3)
Certification
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Sex & Nudity
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- A man and woman lie together in bed. She asks if he wants to make love, later they kiss and it is implied that they are having sex off screen.
Violence & Gore
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- Children are in a hospital - one coughs up blood. Bloody sheets imply that the child has died.
- A man is called a racial slur and then punched in the face. His nose bleeds.
- There are confrontations between characters, mostly with shoving and yelling.
Profanity
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- The word "indian" is frequently used to refer to aboriginal people - both by the aboriginal people and as a racial slur by others.
- Other racial epithets are used towards aboriginal people (chug, squaw, apple)
- There is some profanity in conversation - 1 bitch, 2 damn, 1 goddamn, 2 hell, 1 ass.
- A character refers to a political figure with a homophobic slur - faggot.
- One character uses a historical derogatory term for black people in reference to the treatment of aboriginal people.
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking
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- Throughout the film characters are seen smoking tobacco in cigarettes, in appropriate historical context.
- There are several references to excessive drinking on reserves and by aboriginal people.
- Women argue and are implied to be drunk.
- Young people are shown drinking out of paper bags.
- A very young child asks for whiskey and is later shown drinking from a paper bag.
- Men have a conversation while drinking from paper bags and are clearly intoxicated on alcohol or drugs.
- Young people are shown approaching a car's gas tank with a hose, later there is mention of using gasoline to get high.
Frightening & Intense Scenes
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- A child is removed from their home and taking to a hospital then a residential school. No violence is shown, but mistreatment is implied - children stand in a lineup shivering under pressure to turn in one who has tried to escape.
- A man speaks about past injustice towards aboriginal people - several people are shown crying.
- A woman is shown chained to a railing as government officials remove her child to be placed into a foster home. She chases their car, crying.
Spoilers
Violence & Gore
- The body of an old woman who has died off screen is shown
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking
- A group of young are shown smoking, one woman's father asks if she is smoking pot and if she "wants to get hooked on drugs" and confronts her.
Frightening & Intense Scenes
- A character is told he has received death threats. Later, there is a note that says "you answer the phone, you die" and then the phone rings, but it is someone else.
