Fancy Dance

Native American and female representation behind the camera (director co-writer Erica Tremblay is from the Seneca-Cayuga Nation, and co-writer Miciana Alise is also Native American) and in the cast (including star Lily Gladstone, who was raised on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation). Story centers on the subject of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) and the way authorities often ignore and separate Native American families. Depicts life on a reservation and the limitations surrounding law enforcement and justice. Female characters are determined and clever. Jax is a lesbian, bringing intersectional representation to the story.

A mother is missing and presumed dead. Several people are shown with guns. A character accidentally shoots a stranger with a handgun. One character points a long gun at another. Police officers touch their guns in expectation to have to pull them. A dead woman's body is found (but not shown). A group of men threatens a woman.

Jax visits a woman she's interested in who dances at a strip club, where partially undressed women are dancing or around. A woman private dances for and kisses Jax. A woman takes off her top, revealing her bra, and begins to bathe to distract a fisherman from the fact that he's being robbed. Two characters kiss, embrace, and are affectionate toward each other. A married couple hugs. Candid conversation about a teen girl's first period that includes shots of her visibly stained shorts.

Occasional strong language, often used in front of a 13-year-old child, includes "f--k," "f---ing," "s--t," "Jesus f---ing Christ," "narc," "hell."

Adult character smokes cigarettes, drinks alcohol, and comes home drunk from a bar. Adults drink beer and wine with meals. Two adults have Jameson shots at a bar. A character sells drugs and finds out a relative was selling drugs. A drug dealer's home is also a stash house, revealing piles of bagged drugs.