| Dreamcatcher | |
| Director: | Kim Longinotto |
| Editing: | Oliver Huddleston |
| Runtime: | 104 minutes |
| Language: | English |
Dreamcatcher is a 2015 British-American documentary film directed by Kim Longinotto focusing on Brenda Myers-Powell, a former professional who runs The Dreamcatcher Foundation, a charity which helps women in Chicago leave the sex industry. The film won the World Cinema Directing Award in the documentary category at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival.[1] Showtime Networks acquired the rights to the film on 23 January 2015.[2]
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 raised the money needed to make the film.[3] The film was shot in ten weeks in Chicago. Principal photography started in September 2013.[4] Wilfred Spears served as associate producer for this film.
Screendaily critic Mark Adams gave Dreamcatcher a positive review, writing that "as expected from such a talented filmmaker she [Longinotto] constructs a film that veers between amusing and absorbing through to grim."[5] It has a score of 86 on Metacritic[6] and 100% on Rotten Tomatoes.