Born into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids

(2004)

★ 6.8 IMDb · 252 votes

Genres: Documentary

Year: 2004

Runtime: 85 мин

Country: United States of America, India

Director: Зана Бриски, Ross Kauffman

Cast: Зана Бриски, Avijit, Geeta Masi, Kochi, Mamuni

Plot

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.

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.