''Dreamcatcher'' is a 2015 British-American
documentary film
A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional film, motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". Bill Nichols (film critic), Bil ...
directed by
Kim Longinotto
Kim Longinotto ( Sally Anne Longinotto-Landseer; born 8 February 1948, London) is a British documentary film maker, well-known for making films that highlight the plight of female victims of oppression or discrimination. Longinotto has made mo ...
focusing on
Brenda Myers-Powell, a former professional who runs The Dreamcatcher Foundation, a charity which helps women in
Chicago
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leave the sex industry. The film won the World Cinema Directing Award in the documentary category at the
2015 Sundance Film Festival
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Showtime Networks
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acquired the rights to the film on 23 January 2015.
Production
The film's producer Lisa Stevens found the story in 2009 while making ''Crack House USA'' in Chicago, IL. Stevens nurtured the relationship with
Brenda Myers-Powell and Stephanie Daniels-Wilson for several years. Stevens began writing and shaping the story of Dreamcatcher for a feature documentary film in 2010. In 2011, Stevens was introduced to Kim Longinotto, and asked her to direct the film.
Teddy Leifer Teddy Leifer (Edward Leifer) founded Rise Films in 2008 and has since produced or executive produced all of its films and television programmes including the 2013 Oscar nominee ''The Invisible War'' and 2018 Oscar winner Icarus (2017 film), ''Icarus ...
raised the money needed to make the film. The film was shot in ten weeks in Chicago. Principal photography started in September 2013. Wilfred Spears served as associate producer for this film.
Reception
Screendaily critic Mark Adams gave ''Dreamcatcher'' a positive review, writing that "as expected from such a talented filmmaker she
onginottoconstructs a film that veers between amusing and absorbing through to grim." It has a score of 86 on
Metacritic
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and 100% on
Rotten Tomatoes
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References
External links
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The Dreamcatcher Foundation website
2015 documentary films
2015 films
American documentary films
British documentary films
Documentary films about Chicago
Documentary films about prostitution in the United States
Films directed by Kim Longinotto
Women in Illinois
2010s English-language films
2010s American films
2010s British films
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