Summary
Civil Townsend, a young Black nurse in 1970s Alabama, begins working at a family planning clinic with dreams of helping her community. When she meets two young sisters as her first patients, she discovers they are being administered birth control without their understanding or consent, leading to a national court case that exposes medical mistreatment and forced sterilization practices.
Language
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ProfanityModerate
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Blasphemy / Religious ProfanityMild
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Crude / Childish LanguageNone
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Racial / Ethnic SlursModerate
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| f-word | 1-2 |
| sh*t | 1-2 |
| *ss | 1-2 |
| b*st*rd | 1-2 |
| b*tch | 1-2 |
| bl**dy | 1-2 |
| bug**r | 1-2 |
| d*mn | 1-2 |
| c-word | 1-2 |
| h*ll | 1-2 |
| cr*p | 1-2 |
Violence
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Graphic Violence / GoreNone
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Disturbing / FrighteningModerate
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Vulgar / Obscene GesturesNone
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Bullying / Verbal CrueltyMild
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Romance & Sex
💋 Romance and sexual content in Take My Hand
Explicit Sexual ContentModerate
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Sexually SuggestiveModerate
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Kissing (Light / Peck)Mild
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Kissing (Passionate)Mild
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Heterosexual RomanceModerate
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Homosexual RomanceNone
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Drugs & Alcohol
🍷 Drugs and alcohol in Take My Hand
Illegal Drug UseNone
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Legal Alcohol UseMild
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Implied / Referenced UseNone
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Other Content
📋 Other content in Take My Hand
Medical / Body ProcessesSignificant
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Heavy Emotional ThemesHeavy
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Deception / LyingSignificant
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