Earlier this year, he interviewed celebrities on the red carpet at the Academy Awards for The Ellen DeGeneres Show. The production of child pornography charge is related to allegations of inappropriate conduct with the twin he tried to solicit oral sex from. The film earned director Maimouna Doucoure an award at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival. The guy who gave the pedofile movie Cuties an award at Sundance was charged with molesting a 10 year old girl, multiple times. I was stunned and I thought back to my own childhood, because I’ve often asked myself questions about my own femininity, about evolving between two cultures, about my Senegalese culture which comes from my parents and my western culture,” she said. Getty Netflix is being accused of sexualizing children with its promotion of the upcoming French film 'Cuties,' which centres on an 11-year-old girl who joins a 'twerking' dance troupe. Amy, an 11-year-old girl, joins a group of dancers named "the cuties" at school, and rapidly grows aware of her burgeoning femininity - upsetting her mother and her values in … You can watch her speech in full above or here. That's the question these fathers of FIVE daughters always get asked. Reporter James Nelson interviews the director of Cuties Maimouna Doucoure at the Sundance Film Festival 2020. Harris allegedly responded: 'Oh ok have any pics? They are soft and cuddly and feature a snuggly onesie with adjustable hood. 'So this Jerry Harris of Netflix's Cheer got arrested for child pornography, but they didn't arrest whoever made the film Cuties or arrest whomever runs Netflix that promotes this?' But @netflix is going to show it anyways. With Fathia Youssouf, Médina El Aidi-Azouni, Esther Gohourou, Ilanah Cami-Goursolas. It’s the fact it’s about twerking 11 year olds for adult viewing pleasure.”. Harris was the breakout star of the show that followed the cheerleading team from Navarro College in Corsicana, Texas, as it sought a national title. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. The FBI started investigating after the allegations were reported to authorities by Varsity, which is the global authority of competitive cheerleading. Last month, Texas Senator Ted Cruz led the charge to have Netflix investigated over the movie. The Pope departs from Rome for historic first-ever visit by a pontiff to Iraq - and his most dangerous... Upstairs, Downstairs star Nicola Pagett dies 'suddenly' at the age of 75 after battling a brain tumour. Netflix is standing behind its controversial tween-twerking drama Cuties despite intense backlash over the movie’s sexually charged depiction of underage girls. When she presented her first short film at the film festivals, a critic said he did not believe she had actually made the film, asking her producer, “You made it for her, didn’t you?” She said she asked her producer who the man was. “‘Cuties’ is a social commentary against the sexualization of young children,” a Netflix spokesperson said in a statement to Variety. Following his arrest, a Netflix spokesperson said in a statement that the streaming service was 'shocked by this news'. Maimouna Doucoure first got the idea for “Cuties” when she was at a neighborhood party, and saw girls around 11 years old wearing revealing clothing and dancing in a sensual way. Maimouna Doucoure Interviewed Pre-Teens About Their Experiences for ‘Cuties’ & Said Social Media … PETITION: Remove Cuties From Netflix & Charge Them with Distributing Child Pornography. Pictured right is a text Harris allegedly sent the boy saying he had 'found a place for us to do stuff' at a cheer competition. She was shocked by the display, and it made her reflect on her own experiences growing up, she told Cineuropa. There is no excuse, this is dangerous content!” the petition said. Another said: 'I find this comment from Netflix talking about the Jerry Harris case funny seeing as Netflix found it ok to release Cuties on their platform.'. Harris' arrest came just days after 14-year-old cheerleading twin brothers in Texas filed a lawsuit alleging he solicited sexually explicit photos from them for a year and asked one of them for oral sex. Furious company boss, 35, chases thieves FIFTY miles down the motorway and guides police to their van after... Could THIS be the way to reverse blindness? Enough is enough! Aida may not exactly understand the details, but she understands that her mother is in deep distress, and that there seems to be but one way to make things better…. After all, these are issues facing many young girls growing up today in various corners of the world. Netflix. Netflix, via Associated Press. 1/14/21 Jacob Blake Speaks Out on Police Shooting. Susan Rice, a former Obama advisor, is on the Netflix board. 1/19/21 Music Producer Phil Spector Dies at 81. A petition and public outcry began over cuties after people saw the poster and film description and questioned whether a TV-MA film was sexualizing children. Senator Ted Cruz told Attorney General Bill Barr in a letter last week that the film is 'likely' to encourage pedophiles. The DOJ should immediately open a criminal investigation into Netflix as a distributor of child pornography. Martin Weiss, a 47-year-old Hollywood manager who represented child actors, was charged in Los Angeles on Dec. 1 with sexually abusing a … Maimouna Doucoure, ‘Cuties’ Director: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know, Copyright © 2021 Heavy, Inc. All rights reserved. Jack Cashill is an author and documentary producer. Woodville is a small town in the forestland of East Texas. 'So Netflix condemns Jerry Harris (star of the Netflix documentary Cheer) for his alleged abuse of minors but they're still defending f***ing Cuties?' Retired BBC producer Victor Melleney, 75, who worked on Question Time and Panorama has appeared at Kingston Crown Court charged with possessing more than 800 child abuse images. Netflix has defended the film, saying it is a 'social commentary against the sexualization of young children'. ... Should the Government Come Down on Netflix for 'Cuties'? Critics of “Cuties” were also accused of racism because the film’s director, Maïmouna Doucouré, is a Senegalese-French woman of color.