July 31, 2018 By The Editor

Movies about Photography: Born into Brothels

Born into Brothels (2004) the most touching of Movies about Photography

There are a lot of Movies about Photography, but Born into Brothels is one of kind super-special.

In this movie, two filmmakers travels to the brothels in Calcutta and gives child prostitutes cameras to shoot their everyday lives.

The result is one of the most inspiring and heartbreaking Movies about photography.

Peeking into their child extreme life and particular world, which also resulted into having their pictures exhibited in a NYC gallery.

“A REMARKABLE AND MOVING STORY ABOUT THE POWER OF ART TO TRANSFORM LIVES.” — David Ansen, NEWSWEEK

“INSPIRING!” — ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

“UPLIFTING!” — A.O. SCOTT, THE NEW YORK TIMES

A tribute to the resiliency of childhood and the restorative power of art, BORN INTO BROTHELS is a portrait of several unforgettable children who live in Calcutta’s red light district, where there mothers work as prostitutes. Spurred by the kids’ facination with her camera, Zana Briski, a New-York-based photographer living in the brothels and documenting life there, decides to teach them photography. As they begin to look at and record their world through new eyes, the kids, who society refused to recognize, awaken for the first time to their own talents and sense of worth. Filmmakers Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski capture the way in which beauty can be found even the seemingly bleakest and most helpless of places, and how art and education can empower children to transform their lives. Amazon.com

Set in Calcutta’s notorious red-light district, Born Into Brothels explores the lives of its most vulnerable citizens. Directed by Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman, the picture’s eight small subjects shot the still footage themselves. Briski first teaches them how to shoot and edit. The children then put her lessons into practice. They gain confidence as the film proceeds, yet there’s always the threat that any of the girls, especially 14-year-old Suchitra, could be forced to “join the line” (work as a prostitute). For most, it’s only a matter of time. The boys don’t have it much better. Promising photographer Avijit’s mother is gone and his father is a drug addict. “Without help,” Briski notes, “they’re doomed,” so she takes matters a step further and tries to get them out of the brothels altogether. Produced for HBO, this heartbreaking, if inspiring film won the 2005 Academy Award for best documentary feature. –Kathleen C. Fennessy – Review

Tag: Movies about Photography. Zana Briski (Director, Producer), Ross Kauffman (Director, Producer) Rated: R. Format: DVD

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