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Parental Guidance(Parental Guidance) Disturbing Content, Mature Subject Matter, Coarse Language

Synopsis

Dir: Emily Kassie, Julian Brave Noisecat. Documentary. With evidence of child physical and sexual abuse being uncovered near a residential school in BC, survivors and family members discuss their experiences and how it has effected their lives.

Content elements

  • Infrequent use of the sexual expletive in a non-sexual context; infrequent use of scatological slang, profanity, cursing, and vulgar expressions
  • Infrequent depictions of animal butchery - some blood and detail
  • Frequent references to physical and sexual abuse involving children - little detail; frequent references to suicide - some disturbing detail
  • Infrequent depictions of tobacco and cannabis use in a recreational context; infrequent references to alcohol use in an addiction context

Thematic elements

  • Cycles of trauma
  • Accountability
  • Truth and reconciliation

Classification rationale

Rated PG for disturbing content, mature subject matter, and coarse language

Classification date

July 15, 2024

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