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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.
Jul 30, 2020 · Born into brothels : photographs by the children of Calcutta : Briski, Zana : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive. by. Briski, Zana. Publication date. 2004. Topics. Children of prostitutes -- India -- Calcutta, Children of prostitutes -- India -- Calcutta -- Pictorial works, Children -- India -- Calcutta -- Social conditions.
Jan 17, 2004 · 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. Briski offers to teach the children photography in exchange for permission to photograph their parents.
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Jul 1, 2005 · Eight children, all raised in brothels in Calcutta's red light district, display their work-colorful photographs of the family members and strangers who populate their lives and of the streets and homes which they inhabit-in this companion volume to the Academy Award nominated documentary Born into Brothels.
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Mar 11, 2005 · 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.
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- Documentary, Biography, News
- Zana Briski, Ross Kauffman
- 2005-03-11
Eight children, all raised in brothels in Calcutta's red light district, display their work-colorful photographs of the family members and strangers who populate their lives and of the streets...
Jul 1, 2005 · This book is a beautiful hard-bound edition of photographs taken by the children of the Red Light District in Calcutta. The book's editor, Zana Briski, founded non-profit "Kids With Cameras", and dedicates all proceeds to the education and welfare of marginalized children around the world.
