Being born in a moderately safe neighborhood we're led into a severe neighborhood where young girls are destined to be hookers for life because of their family or sold off for money. The movie takes us from our comfort zones and yanks us into a world we couldn't even imagine.
In the movie we follow a group of kids born into brothels in Calcutta India and given another chance at becoming something when a photography teacher comes to help the children get a better future. The children go through trials based on tradition, social conflicts and in one case a passport agent. The movie is showing Zane Briski, a New York photographer giving cameras to kids of the red light district of Calcutta, the goal is to capture their lives. The kids turn out so good at the photography that one 12-year-old, Avijit , is invited to the world press photo event in Amsterdam. The film shows the everyday struggles and the life of a children born into brothels.
The movie was strong and influential but the story revolved more around the the photography than the actual students who were the main topic of the video. The movie ends quite disappointingly as almost all thge children fail. The story wasn't shown professionally at some scenes such as the beach scene when we are left with a feeling as if something is missing, maybe more footage would have made it better.
The director did a good job in selecting a story that reaches into your heart and doesn't let go. The video had great production and was very artistic. The themes and ideasthat incorporated within the movie was shown with expertise.
The movie had impact and story that gets into the audience and you can't help but get emotional watching how the kids suffer day in and day out with nothing to look forward to and in one scene the kids acknowledge that there is no other future.
In the movie we follow a group of kids born into brothels in Calcutta India and given another chance at becoming something when a photography teacher comes to help the children get a better future. The children go through trials based on tradition, social conflicts and in one case a passport agent. The movie is showing Zane Briski, a New York photographer giving cameras to kids of the red light district of Calcutta, the goal is to capture their lives. The kids turn out so good at the photography that one 12-year-old, Avijit , is invited to the world press photo event in Amsterdam. The film shows the everyday struggles and the life of a children born into brothels.
The movie was strong and influential but the story revolved more around the the photography than the actual students who were the main topic of the video. The movie ends quite disappointingly as almost all thge children fail. The story wasn't shown professionally at some scenes such as the beach scene when we are left with a feeling as if something is missing, maybe more footage would have made it better.
The director did a good job in selecting a story that reaches into your heart and doesn't let go. The video had great production and was very artistic. The themes and ideasthat incorporated within the movie was shown with expertise.
The movie had impact and story that gets into the audience and you can't help but get emotional watching how the kids suffer day in and day out with nothing to look forward to and in one scene the kids acknowledge that there is no other future.
