Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids

Mar 11 2005 R 1h 25m
Biography, Documentary, News

Documentary depicting the lives of child prostitutes in the red light district of Songachi, Calcutta. Director Zana Briski went to photograph the prostitutes when she met and became friends with their children. Briski began giving photography lessons to the children and became aware that their photography might be a way for them to lead better lives.

Plot

Documentary photographer Zana Briski journeyed into Calcutta's underworld to photograph the city's prostitutes. In return, she offered to teach the prostitutes' children the basics of photography so that the kids could document their own lives on the streets of one of the world's poorest cities. The resulting photographs, often astonishing, were exhibited around the world; many of them are seen in this film, which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2005.

Written by

Zana Briski, Ross Kauffman

Directed by

Zana Briski, Ross Kauffman

Cast

Kochi, Avijit Halder, Shanti Das

Crew

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Production Countries

India, United States of America

Production Companies

HBO Documentary Films, Sundance Institute, Creative Visions Productions, Red Light Films

Languages

English

Awards

Won 1 Oscar. 21 wins & 5 nominations total

Trailers
Born Into Brothels - Trailer.flv
Born Into Brothels
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