MOVIE
Born into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids
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.
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The context around Born into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids
Born into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids is organized as documentary viewing. The page links its factual genre context to creators, release era and related documentary discovery.
- Release
- 2004-12-08
- Rating
- R
- TMDB score
- 6.8/10
- Original language
- EN
- Status
- Released
- Production
- United States of America, India
- Studio
- Red Light Films, Creative Visions Productions, Sundance Institute
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