• Director(s)

    -

  • Production Year

    2022

  • Genre(s)

    Documentary

  • Cast

    n/a

TV Show

Unheard

UNHEARD is a documentary series about racial injustice in Australia; this episode explores the rise in deaths of First Nation people while in police custody. …

UNHEARD is a documentary series about racial injustice in Australia; this episode explores the rise in deaths of First Nation people while in police custody.

  • Director(s)

    -

  • Production Year

    2022

  • Genre(s)

    Documentary

  • Cast

    n/a

Classified Date:
28/02/2022
Version:
N/A
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
strong real violence, racism
Classified Date:
28/02/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
There is disturbing footage of a man subjected to physical abuse while in police custody. Additional footage includes images of First Nation people being manhandled and physically abused by police officers.
discrimination
Racism is a theme of the episode.
additional issues
There is also a scene of emotional distress when a family mourns the death of a loved one. Language is mild ('bullshit', 'arses').
strong real violence, very strong language, racism
Classified Date:
28/02/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
Images of strong real violence include those in which young people and adults are physically restrained and abused.
language
There is very strong language ('c**t'), as well as strong language ('f**k') and milder terms.
discrimination
Institutional racism is a theme of the episode.
additional issues
There is a referencing to a man found hanging in a car park.
strong language, racism, violence
Classified Date:
28/02/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
There is strong violence, such as a woman kicking at and pulling about a woman while yelling abuse at her.
language
There is strong language ('f**k').
discrimination
There is discriminatory behaviour and language, such as a woman yelling threats at a pair of sisters of Asian heritage, "I've got a knife in my bag. You wanna f**k ... f**k around, yeah? You f**king little Asian dog! ... Get the f**k out of here now!"
additional issues
There is also moderate threat when a woman warns two sisters that she has a knife in her bag and brief injury detail when we see blood on the clothing of a man being hustled to safety during the Tiananmen Square protests.
very strong language, strong violence, racism
Classified Date:
28/02/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
There is strong real violence, such as a man repeatedly punching and kicking a heavily pregnant Muslim woman.
language
There is infrequent very strong language ('c**t') and strong language ('f**k').
discrimination
There is racist behaviour such as a men yelling abusively at a woman because of her Islamic attire and an Australian Senator referring to Islam as a disease. A man terrifies a Muslim woman by yelling abusively at her from close distance, and a trio of Muslim women have bottles and other missiles thrown at them.
moderate threat, upsetting scenes, references to violence
Classified Date:
28/02/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
There is moderate reference to violence such as a woman having seen her partner burned alive.
threat and horror
Women cower in fear while military forces fire automatic weapons nearby during the Sri Lankan civil war.
theme
There are scenes of people in a state of distress, such as a child screaming in distress when separated from her parents during the night by Australian Border Force officers.
additional issues
There is also passing reference to the danger of sexual threat, self-harm and child abuse at an island-based refugee detention centre.
very strong language, strong violence, racism
Classified Date:
28/02/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
There is strong violence, such as a group of white youths repeatedly jumping onto a black youth on the ground and leaving him unconscious.
language
There is infrequent very strong language ('c**t') and strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker').
discrimination
There is racist language ('n****r') and strong visual and verbal references to discriminatory behaviour such as a white man spitting "Dance, monkey, dance ..." before repeatedly punching a black man in the street. A group of youths jump onto a black youth lying on the ground and reference to text captions about a black schoolboy by a white classmate, such as "I want to kill his n****r father and I want to kill his mother for marrying a n****r."
additional issues
There are also mild references to suicide such as a man saying that when he was younger he tried to commit suicide and references to emotional upset such as a black youth revealing how childhood experience of racism made him loathe himself.
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  • Classified date

    28/02/2022

  • Distributor

    Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.

  • Language

    English