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Born Into Brothels
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Born Into Brothels is a documentary about the inspiring non-profit foundation Kids With Cameras, which teaches photography skills to children in marginalized communities. In 1998, New York-based photographer Zana Briski started photographing prostitutes in the red-light district of Calcutta. She eventually developed a relationship with their children, who were fascinated by her equipment. After several years of learning in workshops with Briski, the kids created their own photographs with point-and-shoot 35 mm cameras. Their images capture the intimacy and color of everyday life in the overpopulated sections of Calcutta. Proceeds from the sale of the children's photographs go to fund their future education. Directed by Briski and filmmaker Ross Kauffman, Born Into Brothels was shown at the Sundance Film Festival in 2004 as part of the documentary competition. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide
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"Zana Briski’s and Ross Kauffman’s Born into Brothels is, in my reckoning, a quiet miracle. A feature length documentary that follows and transforms the lives of seven children, growing up in the squalid red light district of Sonagchi, Calcutta. Carefully avoiding bathos and melodrama Briski and Kauffman pull us deeply into the everyday existence of these kids: the verbal abuse and beatings, the drug addiction and atrocities,the desperation and impoverishment, the rage and apathy that perpetuate their misery. And, strangely enough, interwoven throughout are the childish games, silent ordinary beauty and bubbling enthusiasm they share with other children. Corny as it sounds (and Born into Brothels is anything but corny) one of the film’s most powerful revelations is that for all their earthy-wisdom, these kids retain their youthful energy despite their harrowing circumstances. They toil and suffer; steadfast and philosophical when they must be, inured to their surro ... " [More]
 



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