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Briski, a documentary photographer, went to Kolkata to photograph prostitutes. While there, she befriended their children and offered to teach the children photography to reciprocate being allowed to photograph their mothers. The children were given cameras so they could learn photography and possibly improve their lives. Their photographs depicted...
There is debate about the extent to which the documentary has improved the lives of the children featured in it.[citation needed] The filmmakers claim that the lives of children appearing in Born into Brothels have been transformed by money earned through the sale of photos and a book on them. Ross Kauffman, co-director of the documentary, says tha...
The Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee, a prostitutes' organization active in Sonagachi, has criticized the film for presenting the children's parents as abusive and for ignoring the prostitutes' efforts to provide education programs and career building activities for their children. In addition, the film has been criticized in India for perceived r...
Critical response
Born into Brothels has an approval rating of 95% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 108 reviews, and an average rating of 7.83/10. The website's critical consensus states, "A powerful and uplifting documentary". Metacriticassigned the film a weighted average score of 78 out of 100, based on 32 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
Awards
1. 2004 Bermuda International Film Festival Audience Choice Award - Briski, Kauffman; Documentary Prize - Briski, Kauffman 2. 2004 Cleveland International Film FestivalBest Film - Briski, Kauffman 3. 2004 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Audience Award - Briski, Kauffman (tied with Word Wars) 4. 2004 International Documentary Association Award for Feature Documentaries - Briski, Kauffman, Geralyn Dreyfous-White, Pamela Boll (tied with Fahrenheit 9/11) 5. 2004 Los Angeles Film Critics Asso...
Nominations
1. 2005 Directors Guild of America Awardfor Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary - Briski, Kauffman 2. 2005 Golden Satellite Award for Best Motion Picture, Documentary 3. 2004 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize, Documentary - Kauffman, Briski 4. 2013 Calcutta Film Festival (funded by Walt Disney Pictures), Documentary - Spielberg, Steven. Lucas, George. Abrams, J. J.
Born into Brothels was preserved and restored by the Academy Film Archive and the UCLA Film & Television Archive in conjunction with the Sundance Institute from a D5, a DigiBeta, a 35mm print and a Magneto Optical Disk. Restoration funding provided by the Sundance Institute and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The restoration had it...
Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids at IMDbBorn into Brothels at Rotten TomatoesBorn into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids at AllMovieBorn into Brothels at Box Office MojoFeb 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.
"We are one soul and nine bodies." That is how Avijit, one of the irrepressible children in the Oscar-winning documentary "Born Into Brothels," summed up the bond that joins the alumni of...
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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The kids witness angry customers, addictions of all kinds, thievery, and murder. Photographer Zana Briski went to India in 1998 to take pictures of women and wound up in this crowded and filthy area of one of the country's poorest city. She met children of prostitutes and forged a bond with them.
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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