Born into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids
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- Documentary
Overview
Documentary depicting the lives of child prostitutes in the red light district of Songachi, Calcutta. Director Zana Briski went to photograph the prostitutes when she met and became friends with their children. Briski began giving photography lessons to the children and became aware that their photography might be a way for them to lead better lives.
Keywords
- woman director
- callous
- illegal prostitution
- child prostitution
- prostitute
- human trafficking
- hopeful
- biting
- cruel
- red-light district
- calcutta
- young prostitute
- apathetic
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 8, 2004
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- bengali, english
- Countries
- United States of America, India
- Production
- HBO Documentary Films,Sundance Institute,Red Light Films,Creative Visions Productions,Red Light Films, Creative Visions Productions, Sundance Institute, HBO Documentary Films
- Budget
- $350,000
- Revenue
- $3,529,201
- Homepage
- Official site
- IMDb
- tt0388789