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Monday, Doucouré explained how the indie film now streaming on Netflix was a social commentary on how young girls are treated.
'It's because I saw so many things and so many issues around me lived by young girls, that I decided to make this film and sound an alarm and say we need to protect our children,' Doucouré explained.
Cuties' director defends her Netflix film and says it's 'feminist' after US Members of Congress called for a DOJ investigation into claims it 'sexualizes young girls and encourages p***philia'
- The French-Senegalese director of Cuties, Maïmouna Doucouré, defended her film after coming under criticism over claims it hyper-sexualizes young girls
- 'It's important to see someone like you on the screen, and grow up with a lot of possibilities. Diversity and inclusion have to be the keys to progress,' she argued
- Ted Cruz called on Attorney General Bill Barr to investigate whether Netflix, its executives, or the filmmakers violated child porn laws in the making of the film
- In a letter, Cruz slams the film saying it 'sexualizes' young girls, features 'partial child nudity' and at one point exposes 'a minor's bare breast'
- Cruz warned the footage would be used by pedophiles 'in abusive ways' and said he feared the production of the film involved more 'explicit and abusive scenes'
- The French film 'Mignonnes' - known as 'Cuties' in English - depicts young girls in a dance group, dressed in risqué outfits, performing sexually suggestive moves
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The French-Senegalese director of Cuties, Maïmouna Doucouré has defended her film at the Toronto Film Festival after coming under criticism over claims it hyper-sexualizes young girls.
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