Content & Trigger Warnings for Godfather of Harlem (2019)

Racially motivated violence and systemic oppression depicted extensively

Civil rights era violence and racially motivated attacks depicted

Assassinations and racially motivated violence tied to real historical events

Pervasive racial slurs used in period-accurate depictions of 1960s racism

Continued pervasive use of racial slurs reflecting the era

Racial language remains pervasive as the story moves into the late 1960s

Pervasive depiction of systemic racism, racial slurs, and discrimination against Black Americans in 1960s Harlem

Young people in the community become casualties of the drug war

Characters mourn those lost to violence and the drug epidemic

Deep mourning as major characters face devastating losses

Characters experience profound grief over murders and losses in the community

Political and criminal manipulation as Bumpy Johnson navigates power structures

Political betrayals and manipulation intensify around civil rights movement

FBI and political manipulation of civil rights leaders depicted

Political manipulation and emotional manipulation occur between characters vying for power

Multiple characters engage in extramarital affairs throughout the series

Characters are abducted as leverage in criminal power struggles

Kidnappings and abductions occur as part of organized crime operations

Vietnam War referenced as historical context affecting characters and community

Characters face unjust incarceration rooted in racial bias

Sexual content including nudity and sex scenes throughout the series

Power dynamics in the criminal world lead to sexual coercion situations

Heavy drinking is common in social and business settings throughout

Alcohol use continues as a coping mechanism for several characters

Characters increasingly turn to alcohol as circumstances deteriorate

Heroin trade is central to the plot with frequent depictions of drug dealing and use

Drug trafficking operations expand with more explicit depictions

The heroin epidemic's devastating toll on the community fully realized

Heroin trade is central to the plot with extensive depictions of drug dealing, use, and its devastating community impact

Characters experience and witness drug overdoses in the community

Overdose deaths shown as the heroin crisis worsens

Overdose scenes depicted showing the lethal consequences of the heroin epidemic in Harlem

Intimate partner violence occurs within some character relationships

Domestic violence recurs in relationships strained by criminal lifestyle

Domestic abuse continues as stress from the criminal world takes its toll

Graphic aftermath of gang violence and beatings shown in detail

Graphic violence intensifies as criminal conflicts deepen

Graphic depictions of violence reach their peak intensity

Graphic depictions of violence aftermath including bloody wounds, beatings, and murder scenes

Frequent shootings tied to organized crime in 1960s Harlem

Escalating gang warfare results in more frequent and intense shootings

Climactic gun battles as the story reaches its conclusion

Frequent and graphic gun violence including shootings, assassinations, and gang warfare throughout

Corrupt and violent policing of Black communities is a recurring theme with depicted brutality

Occasional references to or depictions of characters taking their own lives under duress

Sexual violence is referenced and depicted in some storylines

Brutal interrogation and punishment scenes within the criminal underworld

Brutal enforcement tactics used by rival criminal organizations

Extreme punishment scenes as criminal empires face collapse

Characters are tortured for information or as punishment in organized crime and law enforcement contexts