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Born into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids is a 2004 Indian-American documentary film about the children of prostitutes in Sonagachi, Kolkata's red light district. The widely acclaimed film, written and directed by Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman, won a string of accolades including the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2005.
Jan 17, 2004 · Born Into Brothels chronicles the story of the children of prostitutes in India’s city of Kolkata. Directors Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman enter the underworld of prostitution in Sonagachi, the red light district of Kolkata where they encounter children whose mothers work as prostitutes.
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Mar 11, 2005 · With Kochi, Avijit Halder, Shanti Das, Manik. Two documentary filmmakers chronicle their time in Sonagchi, Calcutta and the relationships they developed with children of prostitutes who work the city's notorious red light district.
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- Zana Briski, Ross Kauffman
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Oct 28, 2022 · Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids | A Documentary By Zana Briski & Ross Kauffman. Release Date - 2004. Addeddate.
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Jan 18, 2004 · 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...
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- Avijit Halder, Shanti Das
Feb 10, 2005 · The kids in "Born Into Brothels" (which is one of this year's Oscar nominees) take photos with zest and imagination, squint at the contact sheets to choose their favorite shots, and mark them with crayons. Their pictures capture life, and a kind of beauty and squalor that depend on each other.
They embark on a transformational journey with New York based photographer Zana Briski, who teaches them photography. This Oscar winning film is a humorous and heartfelt story portraying the resilience of children and the magic of art to transform life for young people living in the brothels.
