Trickster

Parents need to know that Trickster is a supernatural coming-of-age drama about an Indigenous Canadian teen. It's loaded with iffy content but also has an unusual and underrepresented setting and characters, as well as positive messages and characters that make it worth a watch. Main character Jared is an Indigenous teen in an unnamed Canadian town who struggles to support his parents, both of whom have drug problems (his mom also has an undiagnosed mental illness that may be connected to the supernatural goings on in Jared's family and town). One of the ways he supports his family is by making and selling ecstasy; scenes show him manufacturing the pills in a lab in a desolate shack, and then selling the pills to other teens at parties and at his after school job. Scenes show teens using drugs, including smoking marijuana, and drinking heavily, including a scene in which Jared lines up and drinks three shots of hard liquor. Jared's mom smokes marijuana while driving and urges her son to "take a drag" to relax; he does. She also plays drinking games with teens partying in her home. The consequences of addiction are not glossed over or glamorized; we see the troubles Jared's family has that are connected to or caused by addiction. It's also clear that the bonds between family members are deep and loving, even if their relationships are complicated. Sexual content is also mature; Jared dates a girl his age, expect romance, flirting, kissing, references to offscreen sex. Violence is often supernatural and includes blood but no gore; watch out for a scene in which a charging dog is hit by a truck and killed. Characters are frequently in mortal danger, sometimes from otherworldly and mysterious forces. Cursing includes "bitch," "hell," "damn;" "s--t" is bleeped out. Despite all the mature content, Jared and his friends and family are doing their best under difficult circumstances and emerge as realistic characters who are flawed but admirable anyway.