Born into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids
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.
- Director
- Zana Briski
- Signature
- Craft · Tension · Drama
- Worldwide
- $4M
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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.
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Born into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids returned 10.1× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $350,000
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $4M
- Release date
- Dec 8, 2004
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- MPAA rating
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- Language
- Bengali, English
- Country
- India, United States of America
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