In WWII Colorado, a teenage girl witnesses her town fracture under prejudice after a Japanese internment camp opens and a local girl is raped and murdered.
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In WWII Colorado, a teenage girl witnesses her town fracture under prejudice after a Japanese internment camp opens and a local girl is raped and murdered.
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During World War II, a family finds life turned upside down when the government opens a Japanese internment camp in their small Colorado town. After a young girl is murdered, all eyes (and suspicions) turn to the newcomers, the interlopers, the strangers. This is Tallgrass as Rennie Stroud has never seen it before. She has just turned thirteen and, until this time, life has pretty much been what her father told her it should be: predictable and fair. But now the winds of change are coming and, w...
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Sexual content
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Central plot involves rape of a 13-year-old girl; sexual assault themes and aftermath depicted.
Violence & gore
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Murder by throat-slitting; rape and violent death of a child are key events.
Profanity
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No evidence found in available sources
Substance use
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Characters get drunk; alcohol used in scenes of mob violence.
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQ+ content present
Religious content
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No religious themes present
Magic & witchcraft
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No magic or witchcraft present
Occult / demonology
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No occult content present
Political content
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Central themes of anti-Japanese prejudice, internment, and wartime hysteria.
Self-harm / suicide
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No self-harm or suicide depicted
Abuse & suffering
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Rape and murder of a disabled 13-year-old girl; family danger and systemic prejudice.
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