Inappropriate dance routines from children under the guise of using ­“uncomfortable images to provoke a serious ­conversation about the ­sexualisation of girls”. The film focuses on an ­11-year-old who decides to flee her parents’ strict household to join a young dance troupe, trying to make a name for themselves. One two-minute sequence, released on social media last week, saw hundreds of users claim they would cancel their Netflix subscription. A Netflix spokesman said: “Cuties is a social commentary against the ­sexualisation of young children. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January this year, where Doucoure won the world cinema dramatic directing award.

Source: Daily Mirror September 14, 2020 16:49 UTC