Storyline

Documentary photographer Zana Briski journeyed into Calcutta's underworld to photograph the city's prostitutes. In return, she offered to teach the prostitutes' children the basics of photography so that the kids could document their own lives on the streets of one of the world's poorest cities. The resulting photographs, often astonishing, were exhibited around the world; many of them are seen in this film, which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2005.—Jwelch5742

Plot Keywords

photographer, prostitute, young boy, young girl, mother, teacher, emotional, gritty, brothel, calcutta, india, school, street, mother/child relationship, poverty, photography, ambition, growing up, underdog, 2000s

Short Review

Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman's Born Into Brothels is both sustained and ultimately sunk by its lofty intentions.

Trailer

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