Beans (2020)

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Synopsis

Dir: Tracey Deer. Drama. In 1990, a young Mohawk girl (Kiawentiio) is forced to grow up fast, as she lives through the Oka Crisis at Kanesatake.

Content elements

• Frequent use of the sexual expletive and variations, some in an aggressive context; frequent use of scatological slang, cursing, profanity, vulgar expressions, and developmental and ethno-cultural slurs
• Infrequent use of sexual language and references - some detail
• Infrequent portrayals of hand-to-hand and weapons violence - no blood, some detail
• Portrayal of self-harm - little blood and detail
• Portrayal of a sexual assault - no nudity or detail
• Infrequent portrayals of alcohol and tobacco use in a recreational context - some involving minors

Thematic elements

• Coming of Age
• Racism
• Canadian history

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for coarse language, violence, and mature subject matter

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