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PRETTY BABY (1978) Certificate : 18 Brooke Shields as 12-year-old Violet in this movie set in 1917 New Orleans giving a true account of sexual exploitation of young girls in brothels. Raised by her prostitute mother, Hattie (Susan Sarandon), she was groomed to be a prostitute. Photographer Bellocq (Keith Carradine) was documenting the lives of sex workers when he met Violet and her mother. Bellocq eventually married Violet until claimed as illegal by Vioilet’s mother. This film caused considerable public outcry over child sexual exploitation and the fact that Brooke Shields was only 12-year-old at time of filming and she appeared nude in the film. imdb.com/title/tt0078111/ #american #minor #prostitution #truehistory #controversy