Blue Bag Life

drug misuse, very strong language
Director(s)Lisa Selby, Rebecca Hirsch Lloyd-Evans, Alex Fry
Production year2022
Release date07/04/2023
Genre(s)Documentary
Approx. running minutes102m
CastAlex Fry, Rebecca Lloyd-Evans, Lisa Selby, Josie Cole, Lisa Selby, Natasha Dack, Astrid Sonne, Dana Wachs, Lisa Selby, Alex Fry, Rebecca Lloyd-Evans

Blue Bag Life

drug misuse, very strong language
A mother's journey into drug addiction is unflinchingly recorded by her daughter in this moving and raw documentary. The ...
A mother's journey into drug addiction is unflinchingly recorded by her daughter in this moving and raw documentary. Themes of mental health, illness and death are dealt with sensitively.
violence
language
sex
drugs
theme
threat and horror
discrimination
sexual violence and sexual threat
drug misuse, very strong language
Classified Date:
24/04/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Modern Films
violence
A woman recalls that when she was a child, her mother's boyfriend held a pillow over her face until she was struggling to breath and then locked her in a room. There are references to a mother's neglect of her daughter.
language
Use of very strong language ('c**t') is accompanied by strong ('f**k') and milder terms (for example, 'shit', 'piss', 'bloody' and 'God').
sex
A man jokingly tells his girlfriend he would like her to sit on his face.
drugs
A man prepares and injects heroin. There is sight of drug paraphernalia and a woman's heroin track marks as well as frequent verbal references to drugs including to heroin addiction, LSD, opiates, alcoholism and marijuana. Drugs are not glamourised and the negative impact drugs has on lives and families are clearly documented.
theme
There are references to a woman dying of cancer and being refused chemotherapy because of her drug addiction. A woman confesses to starving her hamster to death when she was a child. A photograph of a dead woman is shown with a close up on her bruised hands. A man's mental health struggles are discussed and there are references to death, bereavement and school bullying.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
Classified date24/04/2023
LanguageEnglish
violence
language
sex
drugs
theme
threat and horror
discrimination
sexual violence and sexual threat
Director(s)Lisa Selby, Rebecca Hirsch Lloyd-Evans, Alex Fry
Production year2022
Release date07/04/2023
Genre(s)Documentary
Approx. running minutes102m
CastAlex Fry, Rebecca Lloyd-Evans, Lisa Selby, Josie Cole, Lisa Selby, Natasha Dack, Astrid Sonne, Dana Wachs, Lisa Selby, Alex Fry, Rebecca Lloyd-Evans
drug misuse, very strong language
Classified Date:
24/04/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Modern Films
violence
A woman recalls that when she was a child, her mother's boyfriend held a pillow over her face until she was struggling to breath and then locked her in a room. There are references to a mother's neglect of her daughter.
language
Use of very strong language ('c**t') is accompanied by strong ('f**k') and milder terms (for example, 'shit', 'piss', 'bloody' and 'God').
sex
A man jokingly tells his girlfriend he would like her to sit on his face.
drugs
A man prepares and injects heroin. There is sight of drug paraphernalia and a woman's heroin track marks as well as frequent verbal references to drugs including to heroin addiction, LSD, opiates, alcoholism and marijuana. Drugs are not glamourised and the negative impact drugs has on lives and families are clearly documented.
theme
There are references to a woman dying of cancer and being refused chemotherapy because of her drug addiction. A woman confesses to starving her hamster to death when she was a child. A photograph of a dead woman is shown with a close up on her bruised hands. A man's mental health struggles are discussed and there are references to death, bereavement and school bullying.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
Classified date24/04/2023
LanguageEnglish