• Director(s)

    Tas Brooker

  • Production Year

    2022

  • Genre(s)

    Documentary

  • Approx. running minutes

    78m

Film

When We Speak

references to sexual violence & child sexual abuse, implied strong language

WHEN WE SPEAK is a British documentary telling the stories of three women whose whistleblowing had profound effects on their personal lives. …

WHEN WE SPEAK is a British documentary telling the stories of three women whose whistleblowing had profound effects on their personal lives.

language
There is implied strong language ('WTF'), accompanied by other terms such as 'pussy'. Other milder language includes 'balls', 'ass', 'shit' and 'God'.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are verbal references to systematic sexual abuse and harassment in aid work and in the film industry from the women who called it out. This includes references to rape and the sexual abuse of children, including underage girls being coerced into sexual activity described in a newspaper tagline as a 'Caligula orgy'. A woman recalls how Harvey Weinstein was likely to be naked during meetings with women. Descriptions of abuse and harassment do not go into graphic detail and are very clearly condemned.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
There is archive news footage of shell bombing in Iraq, devastation following an earthquake in Haiti, as well as aftermath shots of terrorist attacks, 9/11 and 7/7. There are scenes of emotional upset as women recall the trauma and the mental toll of speaking out against the institutions and individuals that then subsequently tried to silence them.

  • Director(s)

    Tas Brooker

  • Production Year

    2022

  • Genre(s)

    Documentary

  • Approx. running minutes

    78m

references to sexual violence & child sexual abuse, implied strong language
Classified Date:
28/10/2022
Version:
2D
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Trinity Creative Partnership Ltd
language
There is implied strong language ('WTF'), accompanied by other terms such as 'pussy'. Other milder language includes 'balls', 'ass', 'shit' and 'God'.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are verbal references to systematic sexual abuse and harassment in aid work and in the film industry from the women who called it out. This includes references to rape and the sexual abuse of children, including underage girls being coerced into sexual activity described in a newspaper tagline as a 'Caligula orgy'. A woman recalls how Harvey Weinstein was likely to be naked during meetings with women. Descriptions of abuse and harassment do not go into graphic detail and are very clearly condemned.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
There is archive news footage of shell bombing in Iraq, devastation following an earthquake in Haiti, as well as aftermath shots of terrorist attacks, 9/11 and 7/7. There are scenes of emotional upset as women recall the trauma and the mental toll of speaking out against the institutions and individuals that then subsequently tried to silence them.

  • Classified date

    28/10/2022

  • Language

    English