The Director in the Middle of the #CancelNetflix Backlash Speaks Out

‘Cuties’ filmmaker Maïmouna Doucouré talks about the poster controversy and the global sexualization of our girls

Aramide Tinubu
ZORA
Published in
5 min readSep 10, 2020

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Image: Netflix

Aside from rare examples like Crooklyn, Eve’s Bayou, and Beasts of a Southern Wild, Hollywood has dismissed the young Black female experience. But with her…

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Aramide Tinubu
ZORA
Writer for

Aramide Tinubu is a NYC-based film critic & writer. She wrote her master’s thesis on Black Girlhood and Parental Loss. Find her at awordwitharamide.com.