There are several extended sequences of natural nudity as Duncan and fellow performers dance with their bare breasts exposed. There are also brief moments of full frontal and rear female nudity.

There is brief sight of a woman's dead face after she's been strangled when her scarf gets caught in a car wheel. The scarf pulls tightly on her neck and there's a dribble of blood from the corner of her mouth.

There is some mild violence in archive footage of riots in the US.

Other issues include some very mild bad language with uses of 'ass'.

There are also references to a woman taking comfort in drink and drugs.

There are some references to suicide as a man is said to have written a suicide note in his own blood after cutting his wrists. There follows sight of his swinging feet after he has hanged himself. There are also references to a woman trying to drown herself by walking into a lake.

There are some references to young children drowning accidentally, as well as images of a woman crying in distress at the loss.