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Dreamcatcher

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Original title: Dreamcatcher
Year: 2015
Running time: 98 min.
Country: United Kingdom
Director: Kim Longinotto
Screenwriter: Kim Longinotto
Cast: Documentary
Music: Stuart Earl
Producer: Green Acres Films, Vixen Films, Rise Films
Genre: Documentary | Prostitution
Synopsis: For twenty-five years Brenda Myers-Powell called herself 'Breezy' and she dominated her world, or that's what she thought. It was a world that had turned her into a teenage, drug-addicted prostitute. After a violent encounter with a 'john,' Brenda woke up in the hospital and decided to change her life. Today she is a beacon of hope and a pillar of strength for hundreds of women and girls as young as fourteen who want to change their own lives. 'Dreamcatcher' explores the cycle of neglect, violence and exploitation which each year leaves thousands upon thousands of girls and women feeling that prostitution is their only option to survive. By following the very charming, charismatic and truly empathic Brenda, we enter the lives of young women and see in verite footage their realities from their points of view. While the world may overlook these women and men, thankfully Brenda has not, providing an unflinching expose which contrasts seeming hopelessness against the difference that one ...

Awards: 2015: Sundance Film Festival: World Cinema Documentary Competition

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"Anchored by its focus on the irrepressibly charismatic Brenda Myers-Powell, this documentary offers a deeply affecting portrait of women on the edge"

Leslie Felperin: Variety

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Dreamcatcher

2015

Kim Longinotto

6.7

(41)