Bessie
Movie • 2015
ReportThe story of legendary blues performer, Bessie Smith, who rose to fame during the 1920s and '30s.
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there are a few times when someone comments on bessie’s weight/physical appearance
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a couple times where bare breasts are shown
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Are there bugs?
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no bugs on screen, but many of the scenes have bug noises (cicadas and the like) in the background
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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yes, both used by black people and white people, but not super often, i’d say
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Is there shaving/cutting?
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at least one scene where someone gets slashed with a knife
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Is there hate speech?
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there’s some colorism shown/discussed and a scene where some white people attack/try to burn down bessie’s big top tent performance while saying the n-word and such.
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Is there gun violence?
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no but there are times when someone shows/points a gun without shooting, and a scene where a guy shoots a shotgun into the sky as a warning
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Is someone restrained?
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a bit by some people trying to stop bessie from getting out of the hospital bed after she’s been stabbed
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Does a parent die?
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bessie’s mother died at a young age. there are flashbacks throughout the movie to her crying out for her mom, and a scene later in the movie where she visits her mom’s grave
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Is there bisexual cheating?
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i wouldn’t say cheating, but bessie is pretty openly bisexual, and seems to have a somewhat open relationship with the people she’s in romantic/sexual relationships with
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bessie gets slapped by a man at the beginning of the movie, then later on by her husband as they’re arguing
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Does a baby cry?
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no but there are some flashback scenes throughout the movie showing bessie as a little girl (probably 3-5 years old) screaming and crying for her mom
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Does someone cheat?
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no, but it appears throughout the movie that bessie is in open relationships with her romantic/sexual partners
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Does a family member die?
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bessie’s mother died at a young age. there are flashbacks throughout the movie to her crying out for her mom, and a scene later in the movie where she visits her mom’s grave
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there’s at least one scene that i can remember after bessie’s been stabbed that things are all a bit woozy and weird as she tries to leave the hospital and go to her performance
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no, but there are knives and a scene where bessie uses a shard of glass to stab someone
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Is someone stabbed?
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in one of the first scenes in the movie, bessie stabs a man with a shard of glass in self-defense, and later on, a man that’s angry with her jumps out from behind a wall and stabs her several times
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Is someone watched without knowing?
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in a brief scene right before attacking her, a man watches bessie around a corner
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Does someone die?
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not during the movie, but it is shown/discussed that bessie’s mother died at a young age
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Is there a hospital scene?
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briefly, after bessie was stabbed
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Does someone spit?
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the main time i can remember is when bessie is at black swan records and clears her throat and spits into a cup before singing
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Is someone kidnapped?
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bessie adopts a boy who her husband later forcibly takes from her after they separate and she falls more heavily into alcoholism. though he is technically the boy’s adopted father, the boy is screaming for bessie as he’s taken, and it does have a slightly kidnap-y feel to it
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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mild swearing throughout the movie, not excessive
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Is an infant abducted?
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not an infant, but bessie’s adopted son (probably somewhere between 7-10 years old) does get forcibly taken by her husband after they separate and he deems her an unfit mother due to her heavy drinking
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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