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Parental Guidance(Parental Guidance) Language May Offend

Synopsis

Dir: Kim A. Snyder. Documentary. Follows librarians in America, primarily in Texas and Florida, as they push back against organized efforts to ban books that touch on issues of gender and race.

Content elements

  • Infrequent use of the sexual expletive in a non-sexual context; infrequent use of strong sexual slurs and cursing, in the context of documenting online and public harassment
  • Infrequent depictions of threats and bullying in the context of online and public harassment
  • Infrequent references to self-harm in a documentary context

Thematic elements

  • Intellectual freedom
  • The importance of libraries
  • Resistance to oppression

Classification rationale

Rated PG for coarse language in a documentary context

Classification date

February 20, 2026

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