• Director(s)

    Daniel Nettheim

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Genre(s)

    Documentary, Sport

  • Approx. running minutes

    92m

  • Cast

    Richard Williams

Film

On The Line: The Richard Williams Story

racism, racist language, brief real violence, infrequent strong language

ON THE LINE: THE RICHARD WILLIAMS STORY is a US documentary tracking the meteoric success of Venus and Serena Williams through the eyes of their father and coach.…

ON THE LINE: THE RICHARD WILLIAMS STORY is a US documentary tracking the meteoric success of Venus and Serena Williams through the eyes of their father and coach.

violence
Brief real violence occurs during archival footage of LAPD officers beating Rodney King during his arrest in 1991. There are also impressionistic sequences of cops beating black people, accompanied by verbal and visual references to historical racist violence, behaviour and slavery, including lynchings, and meetings of the Ku Klux Klan in which crosses are burned.
language
There is infrequent use of strong language ('f**k'), accompanied by other milder terms ('shit', 'ass', 'hell', 'God' and 'damn'). There is also use of the middle finger gesture.
discrimination
A man recalls the racism he and his daughters have been subjected to over the course of their careers. This is sometimes depicted first-hand in interviews, or in a scene in which Serena Williams is received by a hostile crowd at Indian Wells in 2001. Racist language ('n****r') is referenced in several of these instances, and is accompanied by other terms ('negro', 'colored'), particularly in the context of racial segregation in the US. The documentary also touches on sexism. Racism and sexism are clearly condemned by the documentary as a whole.
additional issues
In an interview a man claims to have hidden his wife's contraception so that they may have children. There are also brief references to smoking marijuana.

  • Director(s)

    Daniel Nettheim

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Genre(s)

    Documentary, Sport

  • Approx. running minutes

    92m

  • Cast

    Richard Williams

racism, racist language, brief real violence, infrequent strong language
Classified Date:
06/10/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
violence
Brief real violence occurs during archival footage of LAPD officers beating Rodney King during his arrest in 1991. There are also impressionistic sequences of cops beating black people, accompanied by verbal and visual references to historical racist violence, behaviour and slavery, including lynchings, and meetings of the Ku Klux Klan in which crosses are burned.
language
There is infrequent use of strong language ('f**k'), accompanied by other milder terms ('shit', 'ass', 'hell', 'God' and 'damn'). There is also use of the middle finger gesture.
discrimination
A man recalls the racism he and his daughters have been subjected to over the course of their careers. This is sometimes depicted first-hand in interviews, or in a scene in which Serena Williams is received by a hostile crowd at Indian Wells in 2001. Racist language ('n****r') is referenced in several of these instances, and is accompanied by other terms ('negro', 'colored'), particularly in the context of racial segregation in the US. The documentary also touches on sexism. Racism and sexism are clearly condemned by the documentary as a whole.
additional issues
In an interview a man claims to have hidden his wife's contraception so that they may have children. There are also brief references to smoking marijuana.

  • Classified date

    06/10/2023

  • Language

    English