Dakota Fanning: Controversial Movie In Theaters
Dakota Fanning, 14, has appeared in movies such as I Am Sam and War of the Worlds but her newest flick Hounddog is her most controversial work yet.
Fanning plays a 12-year-old rural Alabama girl who is a victim of physical and sexual abuse at home.
The film premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival and the controversy brought in a large audience but the viewing resulted in people booing and walking out.
Many people objected the movie and it forced the director to edit the film from its original version.
“This is a body of work that sexualizes children. This movie is rated ‘R,’ begging the question: If a child cannot see the movie, why should a child star in it?” said a letter sent to U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey and Deputy Assistant Attorney General Larry Rothenberg.
“Reportedly, the producer has edited the film from when it aired at the Sundance Festival (a viewing that resulted in people booing and walking out).
Yet there is no dispute that these scenes were filmed with minor actors,” continued the letter signed by Donna Miller, director of the No More Child Porn campaign, as well as Wendy Wright, president of Concerned Women for America, the nation’s largest public policy women’s group.
Hounddog director Deborah Kampmeier explained Fanning’s role by saying, “She is simply and innocently experiencing and relishing the aliveness of her being, the life force pulsing through her body, celebrating the power and creative force of her sexuality that is her birthright.”
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