Yintah

strong language, bloody images

Classified Date:

18/09/2024

Version:

2D

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Netflix International B.V.

violence

Documentary footage shows protestors being grabbed forcefully and dragged away by law-enforcement officers; several people are shown being put into chokeholds.

threat and horror

A group or women protestors shut themselves in a building; law enforcement officers bang loudly and violently against the building, using a chainsaw to carve their way in. A man asks for a gun to stop being aimed at him and a woman screams as police forcibly attempt to remove her from a car.

language

There is strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker') along with milder terms which include 'shit' and 'hell'. There is also use of the 'middle finger' gesture.

sex

Song lyrics refer to a man's 'miniscule penis' in darkly comic fashion.

discrimination

There are frequent references to the discrimination faced by native Canadian people, including children being taken from their families to be raised by white people, derogatory attitudes toward them and their concerns, and efforts being made to separate them from their cultural heritage. There is also mention of the bodies of hundreds of native Canadian children being unearthed in mass graves and reference to genocide.

drugs

A young woman talks about becoming addicted to drugs after starting smoking at the age of 10; she speaks about this in a negative way, and is no longer addicted.

sexual violence and sexual threat

References are made to the high number of indigenous Canadian women who go missing, and it is implied that some may be victims of sexual violence; links are made to 'man camps' set up for workers on industrial projects. Song lyrics refer to 'rapists'.

suicide and self-harm

There are verbal references to high numbers of people within the indigenous Canadian community taking their own lives, including friends and family of the woman speaking.

injury detail

An animal is shown being skinned, with sight of close-up details. As part of a ritual, people then drink blood from its body, first using their cupped hands and later filling a container; blood is seen over people's hands and faces as a result.

theme

A woman talks about losing her daughter in a car accident and there are references to grief.

alcohol and smoking

A young woman says she started smoking at the age of 10, and then moved on to alcohol and illegal drugs.

flashing/flickering lights

This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.

language, injury detail