Documentary 'Britain's Forgotten Girls' Exposes Failures in Response to Grooming Gangs
The film examines two decades of sexual and criminal exploitation of young girls by gangs, and the authorities' repeated failures, according to The Guardian.
A new documentary, "Britain's Forgotten Girls," examines two decades of sexual and criminal exploitation of young girls by gangs of men across the UK, The Guardian reported in a review.
The Guardian said the film is harrowing in its accounts from survivors, but that it is the repeated failures of authorities to intervene that the review said would most incense viewers.
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- Britain’s Forgotten Girls review – police saying they have ‘bigger fish to fry’ than groomers will horrify you — The Guardian — Culture
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