This is intercut with talking-head academics and sociologists who offer historical and cultural context about the objectification of girls.
The doc’s archival work includes magazine covers with headlines like, “I’m Shocked by the Child Who Drives Men Crazy” (Shields was 9 at the time) and a parade of clips of male late night hosts questioning a prepubescent Shields about her sexuality in the wake of Pretty Baby.
The doc, which sometime after its Sundance debut will be released in two parts on Hulu, draws its name from Louis Malle’s 1978 drama that, while critically acclaimed, was widely criticized for featuring child prostitution and a nude preteen Shields. 'Past Lives' Director Celine Song on How She Landed Her Directorial Debut: 'I Knew The Things That Only I Could Know'
