All Things Truly Wicked Start From Innocence Analysis

Sundance Documentary Essay “All Things Truly Wicked Start From Innocence” is a title of a poem by Ernest Hemmingway. The title itself perfectly describes how the women in this essay got into their situation today and one woman’s decision to change it. Brenda Myers-Powell aka “Breezy” founded the nonprofit Dreamcatcher Foundation in the city of Chicago in 2008 in effort to stop human trafficking and sexual exploitation of at-risk youth. She tells her personal story through this outreach program sharing her experiences in prostitution, abuse, and drug use along with how she has changed herself. Her story caught the eye of director, Kim Longinotto, for a documentary called Dreamcatcher. This paper informs the reader about Brenda’s past, the horrors of many of the girls who have been molested from a very young age, and her methods of helping others. Brenda started getting molested at the age of 4 by a family member. This occurred so frequently throughout her childhood she became numb to the pain and believed she was at fault. She became a prostitute at the age of 14, when she ran
She would share her own desperation during her times on the streets with prostitution and tried to persuade the girls to stop turning “tricks”. Brenda tried to reach as many girls as possible. She also provided a support group at the local high school and prison. She made herself available to anyone that needed help anytime, day or night. Brenda often would connect with these girls through a common thread of their lives and the girls felt connected and understood without being judged. She often told the girls, “IT’S NOT YOUR FAULT. IT’S NOT YOUR FAULT. IT’S NOT YOUR FAULT!”. By using these means she would hopefully provide a little voice in their heads that could help them stand on their own and be confident enough to change their ways and pursue their dreams