“One has to accept life as being sad and painful…. That’s all.” – Tapasi. The 2004 documentary, Born Into Brothels, shows viewers the lives of children born to sex workers. The film takes place in the brothels of Calcutta (now known as Kolkata), India also known as the red light district. Zana Briski unsuccessfully attempted to photograph the lives of sex workers due to being unable to obtain permission to do so. She did the next best thing by teaching the children of the red light district about photography and giving each of them their own cameras. The children captured photos of their day to day lives and the impoverished conditions they exist in. She began to make a strong connection with the children; they even began calling her Auntie Zana.
After observing the way these kids lived, she realized that there was no hope for them to get an education on their own and experience life outside of the brothel. From that point on, her goal was to help these children get an education. Later into the film she organizes two exhibitions, one in New York, and one in Calcutta to help raise funds for the education of the children by showcasing their photographs. Zana managed to get most of the children into boarding schools; unfortunately by the films end, some of the children’s parents would not allow them to leave the brothels, and …show more content…
Shared Hope defines sex trafficking as the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for the purpose of a commercial sex act where such an act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion. In 2012, the United Nations stated that worldwide 2.4 million people become victims of human trafficking, and 80 percent of those people were exploited as sex slaves. 2.4 million, that’s 0.1 million more than the population of Metropolitan Orlando according to last year’s
After observing the way these kids lived, she realized that there was no hope for them to get an education on their own and experience life outside of the brothel. From that point on, her goal was to help these children get an education. Later into the film she organizes two exhibitions, one in New York, and one in Calcutta to help raise funds for the education of the children by showcasing their photographs. Zana managed to get most of the children into boarding schools; unfortunately by the films end, some of the children’s parents would not allow them to leave the brothels, and …show more content…
Shared Hope defines sex trafficking as the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for the purpose of a commercial sex act where such an act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion. In 2012, the United Nations stated that worldwide 2.4 million people become victims of human trafficking, and 80 percent of those people were exploited as sex slaves. 2.4 million, that’s 0.1 million more than the population of Metropolitan Orlando according to last year’s