Dreamcatcher

Winner
Best Director ~ World Cinema: Documentary
Sundance Film Festival
Nominee
Grand Jury Prize ~ World Cinema: Documentary
Sundance Film Festival
A real-world heroine comes to light in Kim Longinotto's intensely moving study of Chicago prostitutes going straight.
-- Guy Lodge, Variety

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Dreamcatcher

Dreamcatcher is a portrait of Brenda Myers-Powell, a former Chicago prostitute, who helps women and teenage girls break the cycle of sexual abuse and exploitation. The film lays bare the hidden violence that devastates the lives of young women, their families and the communities where they live. It is Brenda’s compassion and unflinching intervention that turns these desperate lives around.

An official selection of the 2015 Sundance Film Festival.
Not Rated
Genre
Documentary
Runtime
104
Language
English
Director
Kim Longinotto
Awards:
Winner, Best Director ~ World Cinema: Documentary, Sundance Film Festival
Nominee, Grand Jury Prize ~ World Cinema: Documentary, Sundance Film Festival
FEATURED REVIEW
Cath Clarke, Time Out

You’ve probably never heard of her, but Brenda Myers-Powell is a star. She’ll have you by the heart within minutes of this documentary. Miss Brenda (everyone calls her that) is a force of nature, working full-on, 24/7 to help prostitutes in Chicago – distributing condoms and rescuing girls from the ...

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