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While documenting the experiences of prostitutes in Calcutta's
red-light district, photojournalist Zana Briski befriended
many of their children and decided to provide them with
a chance to record images from their own lives. Supplied
with cameras by Briski, the children present a portrait
of their harsh world that is both unique and insightful.
Thus was born Kids with Cameras, a unique outreach programme
still
running today in Calcutta. Meanwhile she tries to get them
out of the brothels and into schools. An honest account
of children living on the edge but filtered through hopeful
and positive eyes.
BEST DOCUMENTARY - 2004 Oscars
"the spectre of long odds and narrow
choices shades every frame, yet the tone is often buoyant
and inspirational" Jessica Winter, Time Out
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