About
While living in the red light district of Calcutta, documenting life in the brothels, New York-based photographer Zana Briski embarked on a project by which she gave cameras to the children of prostitutes and taught them photography, awakening within them hidden talent and creativity and giving them a means to transform their lives.
Portraits of several 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 these youngsters a camera and teaches them how to take pictures, simultaneously causing them to look at their world with new eyes.
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Details
- Physical Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 83 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
- Edition: Full frame.
- Publisher: [United States] : Red Light Films : c2005.
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General Note:
"Academy Award winner: Best Documentary Feature"--Container.Special features: director's commentary with Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski; special video commentary by the kids watching selected scenes of the film; deleted scenes; "reconnecting" - an update of the kids 3 years later; interview segment with Charlie Rose; Academy Award acceptance speech; production stills; about Kids with Cameras; theatrical trailer; trailer gallery.DVD.Disc label title.Documentary.Originally released as a motion picture in 2004.Full frame.Special features: directors' commentary, kids' commentary, deleted scenes, update of the kids 3 years later, interview, Academy Award acceptance speech, production stills, about Kids with Cameras, theatrical trailer, trailer gallery.Production notes inserted in container.
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Creation/Production Credits Note:
Editors, Nancy Baker and Ross Kauffman ; music by, John McDowell.
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Participant or Performer Note:
Featuring Zana Briski.
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Target Audience Note:
Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.