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(Parental Guidance) Disturbing ContentSynopsis
Ojibwe/English-language Drama. Based on the novel by Richard Wagamese. A young Anishinaabe boy (Sladen Peltier) grows into a young man (Forrest Goodluck) while placed in a residential school where he learns to play hockey.
Content elements
- Infrequent use of profanity, cursing, and scatological slang
- Infrequent portrayals of weapons and hand-to-hand violence in a residential schools context, much involving children - some blood, little detail
- Infrequent portrayals of smoking and alcohol use and abuse, some in the context of addictions
Thematic elements
- Truth and reconciliation
- The impact of residential schools
- Coping with trauma
Classification rationale
Rated PG for violence and mature subject matter, some involving children
Classification date
November 23, 2017Was this page helpful?
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