Released
Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids
December 8 2004 (almost 20 years ago)Rating
69
Based on
222 reviews
- Directors: Zana Briski, Ross Kauffman
- Genre: Documentary
- Runtime: 1 h 25 m
- Budget: $350,000
- Box office: $3,529,201
- Countries: United States of America, India
- Companies: Red Light Films, Creative Visions Productions, Sundance Institute, HBO Documentary Films
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.
