Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids
85 minutes,
USA/India (2005),
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(4.3 / 31 votes)
(4.3 / 31 votes)
In Calcutta's red light district, the children of local prostitutes are taught how to use cameras by a British-born photographer. Oscar-winning documentary from Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski
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Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids: In crime fiction, the offspring of prostitutes tend to be the lowest of the low. Unknown to their fathers and an inconvenience to their mothers, these callous souls aren't the sort of characters who can be saved by a spot of art therapy. It was the notion of art as a form of escape that led photographer Zana Briski to try and teach Calcutta's brothel boys and girls to see life through a lens...
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