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A Path Appears: A Nashville Pimp
In this scene from the first episode of the Independent Lens documentary series A Path Appears, Shana Goodwin, whose earliest memories are of being sexually abused by her grandfather, guides Ashley Judd through the streets of Nashville, where they encounter a pimp waiting on a street corner for three of his “girls.” He tells them he supplies the women with shelter, food, pedicures, and drugs.
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