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  • 2015
  • TV-MA
  • Showtime Networks
  • 1 h 44 m
  • 2015
  • TV-MA
  • Showtime Networks
  • 1 h 44 m
Dreamcatcher

Summary 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 pil...

Directed By: Kim Longinotto

Written By: Lisa Stevens

  • 2015
  • TV-MA
  • Showtime Networks
  • 1 h 44 m
  • 2015
  • TV-MA
  • Showtime Networks
  • 1 h 44 m

Dreamcatcher

Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 11 Critic Reviews
86
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 12 User Ratings
6.0
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Summary 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 pil...

Directed By: Kim Longinotto

Written By: Lisa Stevens

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Universal Acclaim Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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Universal Acclaim Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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100
Mar 20, 2015
At heart Dreamcatcher is a simple film, but it is also a rigorous and compassionate one.
By Mark Adams FULL REVIEW
90
Mar 20, 2015
While Dreamcatcher lays bare some of the horrific violence and victimization that many women face, the film is ultimately hopeful, a testament to the strength and resilience that can be found in sisterhood.
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90
Feb 2, 2015
Conventionally constructed but remarkable for the honest, intimate rapport it achieves with highly vulnerable human subjects.
By Guy Lodge FULL REVIEW
80
Mar 20, 2015
It’s grim, unfussy and deeply moving.
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80
Mar 20, 2015
Dreamcatcher is harrowing.
By Cath Clarke FULL REVIEW
80
Mar 5, 2015
Longinotto's film shines a light on Brenda and her colleagues' important contribution to changing both the legal system's attitude to prostitution, and to the empowerment of women, who are shown that if they want to change their lives, there is someone there who can help them achieve it.
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80
Feb 2, 2015
Just as Brenda lives by a credo never to judge another woman, so too does the film, which creates an uplifting portrait of redemption and acceptance.
By Leslie Felperin FULL REVIEW

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25% Negative
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Production Company Green Acres Films, Vixen Films (I), Rise Films
Release Date Mar 20, 2015
Duration 1 h 44 m
Rating TV-MA
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Tagline Her story became their inspiration
Website http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c919.shtml
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Awards

Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Cleveland International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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