Stamped From The Beginning

There are photographs and archive footage of real violence directed at African-Americans. This includes upsetting montages depicting police brutality against Black people, including beatings, chokings and people being hurled to the ground. There are depictions of the consequences of racist violence, such as photographs of Black people hanged in the aftermath of racist lynchings.

A montage of clips taken from films contain moderate gun threat.

Occasional strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker') occurs, as well as moderate bad language ('bitch'), the middle finger gesture and milder terms such as ‘shit’, ‘piss’ and ‘hell’.

This documentary features a racism theme. There are frequent references to racist attitudes towards Black people, including modern-day footage of White supremacists standing next to a burning cross as a form of intimidation. Racism is strongly condemned by the work as a whole and there is a focus on exposing and challenging racist ideas. There is use of racial language ('negro') within a historical context, as well as reclaimed use of 'n***a'.

Clips taken from films contain visual references to dealing Class A drugs, as well as brief scenes of cannabis smoking.

Occasional references are made to sexual violence towards Black women, including historical references to enslaved African women being routinely sexually assaulted by White slave-owners. This is accompanied by clips from films and a dramatic animated reconstruction depicting sexual threat. Drawings of topless Black women are shown within the historical context of the presentation of Black women as ‘hypersexual’. There are also references to sexual harassment cases in the United States and obtaining justice for sexual violence survivors.

There are photographs and archive footage of real violence directed at African-Americans. This includes upsetting montages depicting police brutality against Black people, including beatings, chokings and people being hurled to the ground. There are depictions of the consequences of racist violence, such as photographs of Black people hanged in the aftermath of racist lynchings.

A montage of clips taken from films contain moderate gun threat.

Occasional strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker') occurs, as well as moderate bad language ('bitch'), the middle finger gesture and milder terms such as ‘shit’, ‘piss’ and ‘hell’.

This documentary features a racism theme. There are frequent references to racist attitudes towards Black people, including modern-day footage of White supremacists standing next to a burning cross as a form of intimidation. Racism is strongly condemned by the work as a whole and there is a focus on exposing and challenging racist ideas. There is use of racial language ('negro') within a historical context, as well as reclaimed use of 'n***a'.

Clips taken from films contain visual references to dealing Class A drugs, as well as brief scenes of cannabis smoking.

Occasional references are made to sexual violence towards Black women, including historical references to enslaved African women being routinely sexually assaulted by White slave-owners. This is accompanied by clips from films and a dramatic animated reconstruction depicting sexual threat. Drawings of topless Black women are shown within the historical context of the presentation of Black women as ‘hypersexual’. There are also references to sexual harassment cases in the United States and obtaining justice for sexual violence survivors.