Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids

Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids (2004)

TMDb

6.8

08/12/2004 • 1h 25m
original-title

Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids

status

Released

production-companies

Red Light Films

Creative Visions Productions

Sundance Institute

HBO Documentary Films

original-language

English

budget

$350,000

revenue

$3,529,201

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.

production-countries

United States of America

India

spoken-languages

English

Bengali

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