Now that we're a couple weeks into the era of self-isolation, you may have noticed that your quarantine viewing habits fall into two categories: Some nights, you just want familiar comfort TV could Friends have picked a worse time to leave Netflix?! If that's the case, Netflix's gripping new true crime movie Lost Girls may just fit the bill. The scripted film chronicles the true story of the disappearance of Shannan Gilbert, a year-old sex worker in upstate New York, and her mother Mari Gilbert's relentless search for justice. Faced with apathy from the local police department, Mari sets out to piece together Shannan's final hours and uncovers a series of unsolved murders of sex workers in Long Island and the surrounding area. Lost Girls is based on Robert Kolker's book of the same name , and while the film stays relatively close to the truth, the real story of the Gilbert family is, if anything, even more extraordinary and tragic than what's depicted on-screen.

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May 1, 2010
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May 3, 2010
Based on a nonfiction book of the same name by Robert Kolker, the movie centers on Mari Gilbert, played by Amy Ryan, a single mother of three juggling multiple jobs whose daughter Shannan, an escort, goes missing after meeting with a client in the Oak Beach area of Long Island. Incensed at the way law enforcement ignores their cases, Mari take it upon herself to advocate for her daughter by joining the families of other missing and murdered sex workers and convincing police to investigate. Her film What Happened, Miss Simone?
Best friends Kim, Momo and Bella are sexually harassed, bullied and assaulted by boys at school while their teachers do nothing. When they discover a flower whose nectar can temporally turn them into boys, they venture out after dark to test the transformation. Where Bella and Momo are more bewildered and tentative, Kim is elated by the newfound freedom of her male persona. While at a party hosted by Tony, Bella chokes when taking a hit from a joint. When the boys start laughing, Kim joins in. Momo, angry at Kim's behavior, takes Bella home.