Born into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids
Film20041h 25mReleased
Documentary
Not rated
Where to watch
Details
- Director
- Zana Briski
- Language
- English
- Released
- 2004-12-08
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
Community score
6.8250 votes on TMDB
Confidence
Rating weighted by how many people voted
6.6
The story
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.
