Public, The

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Synopsis

Drama. When all the shelters in Cincinnati are full during a cold snap, a librarian (Emilio Estevez) helps a group of homeless men (Michael K. Williams) stage a protest at the downtown public library.

Content elements

• One use of a variation of the sexual expletive in a non-sexual context; frequent use of scatological slang; infrequent use of cursing, profanity, and vulgar expressions
• Infrequent portrayals of hand-to-hand violence – little blood and detail
• Infrequent buttock nudity in a non-sexual
• Infrequent portrayals of alcohol use in a recreational context

Thematic elements

• Perspectives on civic responsibility
• Solidarity
• Activism and demonstration

Classification rationale

Rated PG for coarse language and nudity

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