Netflix has defended the controversial film Cuties as “a social commentary against the sexualisation of young children”, and encouraged people to watch the movie before passing judgment.
Critics have blasted the film, which is available on the streaming service, for showing pre-teen girls performing sexualised dance routines.
The story follows Amy, an 11-year-old Senegalese girl living in Paris who rebels against her conservative family’s traditions when she becomes fascinated with a “free-spirited dance crew”, and dramatises the difficulties of growing up as a young girl in a sexualised media culture.
In a video explaining why she made the film, writer-director Maimouna Doucoure said she considers it be “a deeply feminist film with an
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