Through Black Spruce

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Synopsis

Drama. Based on the book by Joseph Boyden. A young woman (Tanaya Beatty) goes to Toronto to look for her missing twin sister.

Content elements

• Frequent use of the sexual expletive and variations, some in an aggressive context; infrequent use of scatological slang, cursing, profanity, and vulgar expressions
• Infrequent portrayals of hand-to-hand, weapons, and gun violence - some blood and detail
• Infrequent portrayals of sexually suggestive scenes - breast nudity, no detail
• Infrequent buttock nudity in a non-sexual context
• Infrequent portrayals of alcohol, tobacco, and illegal substance use in a recreational context; infrequent references to drug abuse and addiction

Thematic elements

• Uncovering the truth
• Family bonds
• Tradition and culture

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for violence and coarse language

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