Born into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids | |
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Directed by | Zana Briski Ross Kauffman |
Written by | Zana Briski Ross Kauffman |
Produced by | Zana Briski Ross Kauffman |
Starring | Shanti Das Puja Mukerjee Avijit Halder Suchitra |
Cinematography | Zana Briski Ross Kauffman |
Edited by | Ross Kauffman |
Music by | John McDowell |
Distributed by | THINKFilm HBO |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
Countries | United States India |
Languages | Bengali English |
Box office | $3.5 million (United States) [1] |
Born into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids is a 2004 Indian-American documentary film about the children of sex workers in Sonagachi, Kolkata's red light district. The widely acclaimed film, written and directed by Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman, won a string of accolades including the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2005.[2]