Born Into Brothels: Calcutta’s Red Light Kids
Documentary | Bengali with English subtitles | 85 minutes
Info
Zana Briski spent two years living in Kolkata, India’s appalling red light district. She found many children of prostitutes in the community, living in abject poverty with no hope for better futures. To enhance their self-esteem, Zana introduces them to photography. Many of the talented children create worthy photographs that are exhibited in several exhibitions. Zana’s next step is to enroll as many of the children in the nearby school. However, Zana encounters resistance from parents and some students who did attend quickly drop out. But a few do well. Perhaps Zana’s courageous efforts will not be in vain.
Major Participants:
Why Stream This Film?
- Rotten Tomatoes Score (Critics Consensus): 95%
- Metacritic Score: 78
Accolades
-
Academy Awards: Winner, Best Feature Documentary
-
National Board of Review: Winner, Best Documentary
-
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards: Winner, Best Documentary
-
Sundance Film Festival: Winner, Best Documentary
-
Seattle International Film Festival: Winner, Best Documentary
Now streaming on:
Intervention in the lives of India’s most deprived class of kids is the focus of BORN INTO BROTHELS. It’s an engaging documentary about a British photographer who endeavors to help the children of Calcutta prostitutes by teaching them how to use a camera.
BORN INTO BROTHELS tempers its optimism with realism in a way that is both uplifting and heartbreaking. In giving a handful of children the opportunity to regard themselves as artists and to perceive their surroundings as raw material, director Zana Briski snatches a measure of hope from depressing circumstances.
YOU MIGHT ALSO CONSIDER:
An Unreal Dream: The Michael Morton Story
In 1987, Michael Morton, an inventory clerk for a grocery store chain, was arrested and indicted for the brutal beating and murder of his wife…
Amanda Knox
Amanda Knox, a 20-year-old American, doing post-graduate work in Perugia, and her Italian boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, are accused of brutally murdering Amanda’s roommate, Meredith Kercher…
American Factory
Two days before Christmas, in 2008, General Motors closed its plant in Moraine, Ohio, a small town outside Dayton. 10,000 people became unemployed (…)
Contact
If you found this site helpful, please recommend it to a friend. We also welcome your comments.
info@streaming-flix.com / call 917-439-3364
P.O. Box 20038
New York, N.Y. 10075
0 Comments