Detroit

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Synopsis

Crime/Drama. During the Detroit race riots of 1967, members of the National Guard (Austin Hébert) and the police (Will Poulter, Jack Reynor) terrorize a group of black men (Algee Smith, Jacob Latimore) and white women (Hannah Murray), leaving three men dead.

Content elements

• Frequent use of the sexual expletive and variations, some in sexual and aggressive contexts; infrequent use of cursing, profanity, scatological slang, vulgar expressions, and ethno-cultural slurs
• Frequent portrayals of gun, weapons, and hand-to-hand violence in a brutal context - some blood, brief breast nudity, and some detail
• Infrequent portrayals of smoking and alcohol use in recreational and historical contexts - little detail

Thematic elements

• Power and control
• Systemic racism
• The absence of justice

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for frequent, often aggressive coarse language and brutal violence

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