Born into Brothels, by Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski, is the winner of the 77th annual Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. A tribute to the resiliency of childhood and the restorative power of art, Born into Brothels is a portrait of several unforgettable 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 the children a camera and teaches them to look at the world with new eyes.


Winner of the 2005 Academy Award for Best Documentary Film, BORN INTO BROTHELS, was produced and directed by Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski. 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.
Their photographs are prisms into their souls, rather than anthropological curiosities, and a true testimony to the power of the indelible creative spirit.





I watched Born Into Brothels just a few mins ago on Arts Central.
Their photographs really touches my heart.
It's really a remarkable and inspiring film.
























I love this particular shot by Avijit,11.(top row,middle boy who wears brown shirt)




Seriously;
I wish I could help them.





Sources from: www.kids-with-cameras.org