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Born into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids

Country: USA, Language: Bengali | English, 85 mins

  • Director: Zana Briski; Ross Kauffman
  • Writer: Zana Briski; Ross Kauffman
  • Producer: Pamela Tanner Boll; Lisa Cohen

CGiii Comment

Won an Oscar - quite deservedly too.

Beautifully shot...heartbreakingly sad.


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The(ir) Blurb...

Admist the apparent growing prosperity of India, there is a dark underbelly of poverty of another side of the nation that is little known. This film is a chronicle of filmmakers Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman's efforts to show that world of Calcutta's red light district. To do that, they inspired a special group of children of the prostitutes of the area to photograph the most reluctant subjects of it. As the kids excel in their new found art, the filmmakers struggle to help them have a chance for a better life away from the miserable poverty that threatens to crush their dreams.

Cast & Characters

Kochi;
Avijit;
Shanti Das;
Manik;
Puja Mukerjee;
Gour;
Suchitra;
Tapasi;
Mamuni;
Zana Briski as Herself 'Zana Auntie'