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Mar 11, 2005 · 18K. YOUR RATING. Rate. Play trailer 2:32. 1 Video. 38 Photos. Documentary Biography News. 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. Directors. Zana Briski. Ross Kauffman. Writers. Zana Briski.
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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 Mojo- $3.5 million (USA)
- Zana Briski, Ross Kauffman
- John McDowell
- Shanti Das, Puja Mukerjee, Avijit Halder, Suchitra
Oct 28, 2022 · Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids | A Documentary By Zana Briski & Ross Kauffman. Release Date - 2004. Addeddate 2022-10-28 13:42:43 Identifier
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play_arrow Trailer. info Watch in a web browser or on supported devices Learn More. About this movie. arrow_forward. In the dark underworld of Calcutta's overcrowded red light...
Synopsis. 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...
