• Director(s)

    DAVID KOLA-OKEOWO

  • Production Year

    2022

  • Release date

    21/08/2022

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    144m

Film

Melita

moderate threat, violence, domestic abuse

MELITA is a Yoruba language drama, set in nineteenth century Africa, in which the work of British missionaries causes tensions in a local community.…

MELITA is a Yoruba language drama, set in nineteenth century Africa, in which the work of British missionaries causes tensions in a local community.

violence
Characters are shot, with subsequent sight of blood on clothing. A man grabs his fiancee by the throat and points a gun at her when she demonstrates disobedience towards him.
threat and horror
Two female missionaries are bound to a tree and burned alive in undetailed fashion. Characters are threatened with guns and spears. There is very mild supernatural threat.
additional issues
There are examples of historical racist behaviour, such as a man referring to Africans as “barbarians”. There is infrequent very mild bad language ('hell', 'God', 'damn').

  • Director(s)

    DAVID KOLA-OKEOWO

  • Production Year

    2022

  • Release date

    21/08/2022

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    144m

moderate threat, violence, domestic abuse
Classified Date:
03/08/2022
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Trecom worldwide
violence
Characters are shot, with subsequent sight of blood on clothing. A man grabs his fiancee by the throat and points a gun at her when she demonstrates disobedience towards him.
threat and horror
Two female missionaries are bound to a tree and burned alive in undetailed fashion. Characters are threatened with guns and spears. There is very mild supernatural threat.
additional issues
There are examples of historical racist behaviour, such as a man referring to Africans as “barbarians”. There is infrequent very mild bad language ('hell', 'God', 'damn').

  • Classified date

    03/08/2022

  • Language

    English