Born into Brothels

Born into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids
Directed byZana Briski
Ross Kauffman
Written byZana Briski
Ross Kauffman
Produced byZana Briski
Ross Kauffman
StarringShanti Das
Puja Mukerjee
Avijit Halder
Suchitra
CinematographyZana Briski
Ross Kauffman
Edited byRoss Kauffman
Music byJohn McDowell
Distributed byTHINKFilm
HBO
Release dates
  • 17 January 2004 (2004-01-17) (Sundance)
  • 8 December 2005 (2005-12-08)
Running time
85 minutes
CountriesUnited States
India
LanguagesBengali
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]

  1. ^ "Born Into Brothels (2004)". Box Office Mojo. 14 July 2005. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  2. ^ "Born into Brothels". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2007. Archived from the original on 28 December 2007. Retrieved 23 November 2008.