Movie Review : Born into Brothels

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.

boredom

The world could end and I would not care is the thought that I have when I am so tired and the feeling that I get when I get bored is one of straight anger because I always hear life is great, so why was I born to be bored and lonely and fat and disgusting and filled with hatred and always meant to feel sadness everyday in an infinite cycle. The intense emotion of anger is what creeps in when I am bored and it fills me with energy, so much anger seeps out. Theses are just thoughts because I'm not bored yet.

Dear Mr. Hurt ,

The film was very educational and I believe that you did something for humanity and that was to open the eyes of us, the youth and I say this because there has to be a force to change the way we live and I believe that the video is the first step. The real world is sometimes forgotten in the pursuit of money and for now we have to show that money doesn't bring happiness, Humanity does.

The movie held lots of interesting topics but the race issue should have been expressed because that word is powerful isn't it? The mention of that word infuriates me and that triples when a black person says it,wanna know why? The black people are the only one allowed to say it and if a kid says it without a thought, he is then a target, yeah a target. The videos don't say it, if my white little brothers who live in a diverse community become targets I am not afraid to show how much I hate that word. That word is said everywhere and I know one day someone is going to get hurt because of the videos, if that happens in my family, my hatred will emerge and we'll see what happens, won't we? Ha Ha Ha Ha ! Masculinity comes in many forms and hate is one.

I remember that I copied a black kid and said that word in middle school and he had the nerve to get offended, I don't use the word because I see it as disrespectful but everyone says it now and I will not permit anyone around me to live in fear. My parents fear for my safety so much that I am not allowed to go out unless to school or to family's house guess how that makes me fell? The hate for the artists Is rising and the world is killing my life because of them and for the sake of money. someday. I have no freedom because of the music the mind of a genius can grow if let out to grow, I'm afraid to go buy something because I feel like I don't belong in society Guess how that makes me feel? I feel anger and anger and anger and anger, I can't ask out a girl, I can't have a relationship, I can't understand anything. That's right I have anger. It's not awake yet but someday.

Beyond Beats And Rhymes

I'm a guy who gets "turned-on" by music videos like everyone else but the documentory Beyond Beats And Rhymes really opened my eyes to the fact that we as a creature on earth will one day go extinct because of the lust and violence in our world and only when we open our eyes can we survive. I know people who disagree with me but I'd like to say that what I saw was truly disgusting and that the students should definitely see this film so that we can grow not out of ignorance but of knowledge. The film shows that the music industry is wrong in some respects and that it is all about making money. The film is graphic and like t.v. we may see it as if it's nothing but you have to think what does it do to you and how it affects your life.

The film showed that the principles of our nation as changed so mush so that we are into violence and killing . The future can only consist of violence and killing. It is so evident that race is always going to interfere because that is all there is in the music of hip-hop. The future is hate.

The cop in the video said that it was a good day because there was no crime and the funny thing was that the video had caught people sexually harassing women. That got my attention.

The understanding of hip-hop that I had was not formed so it didn't change.

A good choice that the director made was to appear in the documentory as a character and this was effective because it made the video feel personal and made it more familiar. The bad choise was to have some unnecessary video shots and that is my analysis.

Vampire Fixation

The right to live forever in a romantic, Seductive way where everyone is under my desires. The Right to feast in immortality, with the feel of love and desire the hunter of the night. The wish before death was eternal life. That was a dream and to think of it brings me back into hopelessness, cause I'm too old to believe in dreams. The way that Buffy portrayed vampires, The way Cirque Du Freak portrayed the vampires was the very reason for my fixation. The witchcraft that went with it and the power was what I looked for. That was the past and I guess we all have to grow up, don't we? Can we live forever, Why would we want to? I read so many books on vampires until I just gave up, why did I give up? I don't know.

The Future ?

I have recently heard that I will join the military and I have no thoughts on it except for the training as that will be the hardest part. The time I've spent on the earth will have a purpose but there may be doubt. I think that it is just a way to get away from me but when given an order I follow. The day I leave I will not acknowledge thanks but disappointment. The disappointment that I will never be anything but another soldier waiting to kill. That was the mentality that I grew up with, the joy to not make my decisions, the fear of questioning others. I was taught not to think and I think that was the best Idea. Inside I'm laughing when I write this, I remember when I was asked a retorical question I would say I think... They would say your not supposed to think. What is life without thought? Perfection? We'll see.

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