Born Innocent (1974)

Directed by

Donald Wrye

Genre

LGBTQ-related film, LGBT-related television series

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

C

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 59 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A teenage girl is sent to a state reform school where she endures brutal physical and psychological abuse from both staff and other inmates. The film follows her struggle to survive in a violent and dehumanizing system.

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What happens

Born Innocent is a 1974 American made-for-television drama film which was first aired under the NBC World Premiere Movie umbrella on September 10, 1974. Highly publicized and controversial, Born Innocent was the highest-rated television movie to air in the United States in 1974. The movie deals with the physical, psychological and sexual abuse of a teenage girl, and included graphic content never before seen on American television. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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