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Title Statement | Born into brothels [DVD] / Red Light Films in association with Thinkfilm and HBO/Cinemax Documentary Films ; directed by Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski. |
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Additional Contributors | Kauffman, Ross |
Briski, Zana | |
Publication | [New York]: Distributed by Th!nkfilm, [2005] |
Extent of Item | 1 videodisc (ca. 83 min.) |
ISBN | (v.r.) |
Standard Number (UPC, etc.) | 821575134255 |
Other Number | 1543013 |
General Notes | DVD. Disc label title. Documentary. Originally released as a motion picture in 2004. Full frame. Special features: directors' commentary, kids' commentary, deleted scenes, update of the kids 3 years later, interview, Academy Award acceptance speech, production stills, about Kids with Cameras, theatrical trailer, trailer gallery. Production notes inserted in container. |
Audience & Ratings | CHV rating: 14A. |
Languages | English and Bengali language tracks.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired. |
System Details | DVD Dolby digital 5.1 & stereo. surround. |
Terms of Use | For private home use only. |
Summary | Portraits of several children who live in the red light district of Calcutta, where their mothers work as prostitutes. Zana Briski, a New York based photographer, gives each of these youngsters a camera and teaches them how to take pictures, simultaneously causing them to look at their world with new eyes. |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | Children of prostitutes--India--Calcutta |
Photography in education | |
Documentary films | |
Video recordings for the hearing impaired |