Not recommended under 13; parental guidance recommended 13-15 (Disturbing scenes and themes; Violence)
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Children under 13 | Not recommended due to disturbing scenes, violence and themes of war and death. |
Children 13 to 15 | Parental guidance recommended due to disturbing scenes, violence and themes of war and death. |
This section contains details about the movie, including its classification by the Australian Government Classification Board and the associated consumer advice lines. Other classification advice (OC) is provided where the Australian film classification is not available.
Name of movie: | He named me Malala |
Classification: | PG |
Consumer advice lines: | Mild themes, some distressing images |
Length: | 88 minutes |
This review of the movie contains the following information:
He named me Malala is a documentary about the life of Nobel Prize winning human rights activist Malala Yousafzai. The brave teenager was shot and seriously injured by the Taliban in Pakistan for speaking up about the right of girls to attend school. The film discusses Malala’s life leading up to her shooting in 2012 and follows her current life in England. The documentary discusses the political situation in Pakistan and explores the human right to education.
Children and adolescents may react adversely at different ages to themes of crime, suicide, drug and alcohol dependence, death, serious illness, family breakdown, death or separation from a parent, animal distress or cruelty to animals, children as victims, natural disasters and racism. Occasionally reviews may also signal themes that some parents may simply wish to know about.
War; death; children as victims; the rights of women under the rule of the Taliban; recovering from serious injury
Research shows that children are at risk of learning that violence is an acceptable means of conflict resolution when violence is glamourised, performed by an attractive hero, successful, has few real life consequences, is set in a comic context and / or is mostly perpetrated by male characters with female victims, or by one race against another.
Repeated exposure to violent content can reinforce the message that violence is an acceptable means of conflict resolution. Repeated exposure also increases the risks that children will become desensitised to the use of violence in real life or develop an exaggerated view about the prevalence and likelihood of violence in their own world.
There is violence in this movie including:
Children under five are most likely to be frightened by scary visual images, such as monsters, physical transformations.
In addition to the above-mentioned violent scenes, there are some scenes in this movie that could scare or disturb children under the age of five, including the following:
Children aged five to eight will also be frightened by scary visual images and will also be disturbed by depictions of the death of a parent, a child abandoned or separated from parents, children or animals being hurt or threatened and / or natural disasters.
Children in this age group are also likely to be disturbed by the above-mentioned scenes and also:
Children aged eight to thirteen are most likely to be frightened by realistic threats and dangers, violence or threat of violence and / or stories in which children are hurt or threatened.
Children in this age group are likely to be scared or disturbed by the above mentioned scenes
Children over the age of thirteen are most likely to be frightened by realistic physical harm or threats, molestation or sexual assault and / or threats from aliens or the occult.
Some children in this age group may be scared or disturbed by the above mentioned scenes
Nothing of concern
There are some sexual references in this movie, including:
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He named me Malala is a touching and inspiring documentary which reinforces the importance of education, and of standing up for your own beliefs and for human rights. The subject matter and some scenes may be disturbing for younger children, so the film is not recommended for under 13s and parental guidance is recommended for 13 and 14 year olds. Given Malala’s age, the film raises important issues for parents and teachers to discuss with older children and presents an inspiring role model for girls in particular.
The main messages from this movie are:
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