Who You Gonna Call?

violence

Grainy overhead footage from the 2017 white supremacist terrorist attack in Charlottesville, Virginia shows a car driving into a crowd of screaming people and knocking several to the ground. Footage of the 2015 killing of Walter Scott shows a police officer shooting him multiple times in the back as Scott tries to flee. There is also footage of groups of white cops beating Black individuals, including an extract from the video of the attack on Rodney King in 1991. There is no visible bloody detail.

discrimination

The film contains footage of real racist violence, in addition to references to racism. In one segment we see 1960s footage of a series of ‘white only’ and ‘no colored’ signs, followed by a poster urging white people to ‘keep public schools white by massive armed force’ and to ‘shoot the race-mixers’. We also hear Parker describe being beaten by a group of racist police officers when he was a teenager. The work carries a clear anti-racism message.

additional issues: There is infrequent implied strong language (‘eff’); milder terms include ‘pissed’, ‘balls’ and ‘badass’. Other issues include a brief passing reference to drug misuse, which is not condoned, and infrequent mild sex references.

strong real violence, racism

Classified Date:

08/06/2023

Version:

2D

Use:

VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

violence

Grainy overhead footage from the 2017 white supremacist terrorist attack in Charlottesville, Virginia shows a car driving into a crowd of screaming people and knocking several to the ground. Footage of the 2015 killing of Walter Scott shows a police officer shooting him multiple times in the back as Scott tries to flee. There is also footage of groups of white cops beating Black individuals, including an extract from the video of the attack on Rodney King in 1991. There is no visible bloody detail.

discrimination

The film contains footage of real racist violence, in addition to references to racism. In one segment we see 1960s footage of a series of ‘white only’ and ‘no colored’ signs, followed by a poster urging white people to ‘keep public schools white by massive armed force’ and to ‘shoot the race-mixers’. We also hear Parker describe being beaten by a group of racist police officers when he was a teenager. The work carries a clear anti-racism message.

additional issues: There is infrequent implied strong language (‘eff’); milder terms include ‘pissed’, ‘balls’ and ‘badass’. Other issues include a brief passing reference to drug misuse, which is not condoned, and infrequent mild sex references.

Classified date

08/06/2023
Language

English

Director(s)

Fran Strine

Production Year

2020

Genre(s)

Documentary

Approx. running minutes

84m

Cast

Ray Parker Jr., Ivan Reitman, Bobby Brown