A “coming-of age” film called Cuties has sparked outrage for its sexualizing of 11-year-old girls who are shown twerking in revealing outfits.
The trailer, which Netflix released on Tuesday, stars 14-year-old Fathia Youssouf who plays the lead character Amy, an 11-year-old Senegalese girl who shows interest in joining a twerking dance crew, despite living in a strict Muslim household in Paris.
While the film was originally made in French, it will be translated into 40 languages, Variety reports.
The film also included a controversial promotional poster of Amy and her dance partners in black shorts, knee pads, and blue crop tops that reveal their midriffs.
Amy is shown kneeling down while spreading her legs. On the left side of the poster, a co-star is seen in the twerking position. Both the trailer and the poster received widespread backlash for overly sexualizing young girls.
At the time of this writing, the trailer has over 503,000 dislikes and counting.
On Thursday, the popular streaming giant acknowledged the backlash and issued an apology.
“We’re deeply sorry for the inappropriate artwork that we used for Mignonnes/Cuties. It was not OK, nor was it representative of this French film which won an award at Sundance. We’ve now updated the pictures and description,” Netflix wrote on Thursday.
We’re deeply sorry for the inappropriate artwork that we used for Mignonnes/Cuties. It was not…
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