Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids (2004)
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- R
- 1h 25min
- Documentary, Biography
- 11 Mar 2005 (USA)
- Movie
Two documentary filmmakers chronicle their time in Sonagchi, Calcutta and the relationships they developed with children of prostitutes who work the city's notorious red light district.
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Awards:
- Won 1 Oscar. Another 20 wins & 5 nominations.
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Cast
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Avijit Halder | ... |
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Shanti Das | ... |
(as Shanti)
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Manik |
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Puja Mukerjee | ... |
(as Puja)
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Gour |
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Suchitra |
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Tapasi |
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Mamuni |
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| Zana Briski | ... |
Self "Zana Auntie" (uncredited)
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Sunil Halder | ... |
Self / Avijit's Father (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Zana Briski | ||
| Ross Kauffman | ||
Written by
| Zana Briski | ... | (written by) & |
| Ross Kauffman | ... | (written by) |
Produced by
| Pamela Tanner Boll | ... | co-executive producer |
| Zana Briski | ... | producer |
| Lisa Cohen | ... | imaging producer |
| Geralyn White Dreyfous | ... | executive producer |
| Jannat Gargi | ... | imaging producer |
| Andrew Herwitz | ... | associate producer |
| Ross Kauffman | ... | producer |
| Ellen Peck | ... | associate producer |
Music by
| John McDowell | ||
Cinematography by
| Zana Briski | ||
| Ross Kauffman | ||
Editing by
| Nancy Baker | ||
| Ross Kauffman | ||
Editorial Department
| Chris Mole | ... | on-line editor |
| Ruchika Muchhala | ... | post-production assistant |
| Benjamin Murray | ... | on-line editor |
| George Panos | ... | assistant editor |
| Bill Scott | ... | color timer |
| Eric Welsh | ... | associate editor |
| Niels Dachler | ... | on-line editor (uncredited) |
| Phillip Lefesi | ... | additional editor (uncredited) |
Sound Department
| Daniel Baruch | ... | sound engineer |
| Eric Milano | ... | sound editor |
| Tom Paul | ... | re-recording mixer / supervising sound editor |
| Harikumar Pillai | ... | sound recordist |
| Anne Pope | ... | sound editor |
| Steve F.B. Smith | ... | sound consultant: Dolby |
Visual Effects by
| Bruno George | ... | imaging director |
Animation Department
| Frank Ferrigno | ... | photo animator |
Location Management
| Priyadarshini Nandy | ... | location translator |
| Arup Sengupta | ... | location translator |
Music Department
| Alex Alexander | ... | drums |
| Daniel Baruch | ... | music producer / music recording mixer |
| Anada Bates | ... | background vocals |
| Iris Brooks | ... | percussion |
| Cameron Brown | ... | musician: bass |
| Ty Burhoe | ... | musician |
| Arnab Chakraborthy | ... | musician: sarod (as Arnab Chakrabarty) |
| Krishna Das | ... | vocals |
| Shivalik Ghoshal | ... | musician: tabla |
| Steve Gorn | ... | musician |
| Ananda Kahn | ... | musician: sarod |
| Elaine Kreston | ... | cello |
| John McDowell | ... | music producer / music recording mixer / musician: drums and keyboards |
| Tracy McKnight | ... | music consultant |
| Allyn Miner | ... | musician |
| Sabina Sciubba | ... | vocals |
| Steve Silverstein | ... | clarinet |
| John Vartan | ... | musician |
| Eric Milano | ... | assistant music engineer (uncredited) |
Script and Continuity Department
| Harikumar Pillai | ... | script supervisor |
Additional Crew
| Partha Banerjee | ... | office translator |
| Diana Barrett | ... | support |
| Betsy Bliss | ... | additional supporter |
| Hunter Boll | ... | support |
| Pamela Tanner Boll | ... | support (as Pamela Boll) |
| Steve Carroll | ... | insurance: D.R. Reiff & Associates (as Stephen Carroll) |
| Malobika Choudhury | ... | office translator (as Malobika Chaudhuri) |
| Jim Dreyfous | ... | additional supporter |
| Lynn Edens | ... | support |
| Wesley Edens | ... | support |
| Kathy Eldon | ... | additional supporter: Creative Visions |
| Vikram Jayanti | ... | creative consultant |
| Amy Kauffman | ... | support |
| Erika Kauffman | ... | additional supporter |
| Robert Kauffman | ... | support |
| Rodd Kauffman | ... | additional supporter |
| Bari Khan | ... | office translator |
| Wendy Knack | ... | additional supporter |
| Tom Langtry | ... | additional supporter |
| Vadi Langtry | ... | additional supporter |
| Bruce Laski | ... | accounting services |
| Cristina Linclau | ... | coordinator: exhibition |
| Cathy McCormack | ... | additional supporter |
| Tony McCormack | ... | additional supporter |
| Susan J. Mitchell | ... | additional supporter |
| Ellen Peck | ... | additional supporter |
| Harikumar Pillai | ... | researcher / translator |
| Sam Pollard | ... | creative consultant |
| John Rocco | ... | title designer |
| Annie Roney | ... | international sales: Roco Films |
| Craig Severance | ... | support |
| Kristy Severance | ... | support |
| Michael Shimkin | ... | additional supporter |
| Innes Smolansky | ... | legal services |
| John Starr | ... | additional supporter |
| George Stranahan | ... | additional supporter |
| Jim Swartz | ... | support |
| Susan Swartz | ... | support |
| Jan D. Unger | ... | additional supporter |
| Bob Vila | ... | support |
| Marjorie Weiss Martay | ... | additional supporter |
| Robert Wise | ... | legal services |
Thanks
| Bonnie Abaunza | ... | special thanks |
| Charles Abbott | ... | special thanks |
| Ananda Abinou | ... | acknowledgment |
| Adriana Alcala | ... | special thanks |
| Christopher Anderson-Bazzoli | ... | special thanks (as Chris Anderson-Bazzoli) |
| Raney Aronson | ... | special thanks |
| Heike Bachmann | ... | acknowledgment |
| Randall Balsmeyer | ... | special thanks (as Randy Balsmeyer) |
| Katie Barnes | ... | acknowledgment |
| Maggie Barrett | ... | special thanks |
| Susan Behr | ... | special thanks |
| Janie Joseland Bennett | ... | very special thanks |
| Rachèle Bevilacqua | ... | acknowledgment |
| Maina Bhagat | ... | special thanks |
| Bob Bianchini | ... | acknowledgment |
| Bodhi | ... | acknowledgment |
| Samantha N. Box | ... | special thanks |
| Richard Briski | ... | acknowledgment |
| Violette Briski | ... | acknowledgment |
| Merav Brooks | ... | special thanks |
| Micha Bruinvels | ... | special thanks |
| Matisse Bustos | ... | special thanks |
| Anthony Carbone | ... | acknowledgment |
| Max Charruyer | ... | special thanks |
| Billy Childs | ... | special thanks |
| Larry Confino | ... | special thanks |
| Nicholas Conover | ... | special thanks |
| Sak Costanzo | ... | special thanks (as Sak Constanzo) |
| Miriam Cutler | ... | special thanks |
| Diana Danin | ... | special thanks |
| Bishakha Datta | ... | special thanks |
| Heidi DeRuiter | ... | special thanks |
| Carlos Duran | ... | very special thanks |
| Tylor Durand | ... | acknowledgment |
| Chris Edwards | ... | special thanks |
| Simon Egleton | ... | special thanks |
| Margaret Engel | ... | special thanks |
| Jason Eskenazi | ... | acknowledgment |
| Elliott Fey | ... | special thanks |
| Tobias Fields | ... | special thanks |
| Attilia M. Fierro | ... | special thanks (as Fierro Attilia) |
| Drika Freire | ... | special thanks |
| Helen Garrett | ... | special thanks |
| Eddie Gartz | ... | special thanks |
| Árpad Gerecsey | ... | special thanks |
| Mary Giudera | ... | acknowledgment |
| Anders Goldfarb | ... | acknowledgment |
| Julie Goldstein | ... | special thanks |
| Peter Golub | ... | special thanks |
| Gail Goodman | ... | special thanks |
| Mylene Graziano | ... | special thanks |
| Nanita Greene | ... | acknowledgment (as Nanita Greene Samuels) |
| Tracy Griffith | ... | acknowledgment |
| Trevor Hall | ... | special thanks |
| Trevor Brodie Hall | ... | special thanks (as Trevor Hall) |
| Melissa Halsey | ... | acknowledgment |
| Sybrand Hekking | ... | special thanks |
| Lisa Heller | ... | very special thanks |
| Lee Hirsch | ... | special thanks |
| Jaime Holguin | ... | acknowledgment |
| Sarie Horowitz | ... | special thanks |
| Lana Iny | ... | special thanks |
| Audrey Jones | ... | special thanks |
| Nathaniel Kahn | ... | special thanks |
| Anand Kamalakar | ... | special thanks |
| Daniel Katz | ... | very special thanks |
| Barbara Kauffman | ... | acknowledgment |
| Richard Kauffman | ... | acknowledgment |
| Ron Kauffman | ... | acknowledgment |
| Kathy Kelehan | ... | special thanks |
| Senain Kheshgi | ... | special thanks (as Senain Keshgi) |
| Michaela Kirst | ... | special thanks |
| Bernice Koch | ... | special thanks |
| Bart Kummer | ... | special thanks (as Dr. Bart Kummer) |
| Rama Lakshmi | ... | special thanks |
| Gara Lamarche | ... | special thanks |
| Bob LaSala | ... | special thanks |
| Meredith Lavitt | ... | special thanks |
| Phillip Lefesi | ... | special thanks |
| Aileen Leijten | ... | special thanks (as Aileen Leitjen) |
| Michelle Lepak | ... | acknowledgment |
| Alfred Linde | ... | acknowledgment |
| Dina Linde | ... | acknowledgment |
| Keith Linde | ... | acknowledgment |
| Laurette Linde | ... | acknowledgment |
| Don Loga | ... | special thanks |
| Bonnie Long | ... | special thanks |
| Maggie MacKay | ... | special thanks |
| Jeff Magness | ... | acknowledgment |
| Mr. Maheshwari | ... | special thanks |
| Mrs. Maheshwari | ... | special thanks |
| Jessica Manzi | ... | special thanks |
| Tim Mapp | ... | special thanks |
| Helen Marcus | ... | special thanks |
| Aimee Marks | ... | special thanks |
| Jim McDonald | ... | special thanks |
| James McKenna | ... | special thanks |
| Sarah McNeill | ... | acknowledgment |
| Jacques Menasche | ... | special thanks |
| Ismail Merchant | ... | special thanks |
| Raymond W. Merritt | ... | special thanks |
| Joel Meyerowitz | ... | special thanks |
| Mookie | ... | acknowledgment |
| Atiyah Muhammad | ... | special thanks |
| Michiel Munneke | ... | special thanks |
| Sheila Nevins | ... | very special thanks |
| Zohar Nir-Amitin | ... | special thanks |
| Liz Ogilvie | ... | special thanks |
| Kerstin Park-Labella | ... | special thanks |
| Geeta Vasant Patel | ... | special thanks (as Geeta Patel) |
| Karen Paul | ... | special thanks |
| Catherine Pledge | ... | special thanks |
| Robert Pledge | ... | very special thanks |
| Gary Pollard | ... | special thanks |
| Joe Popp | ... | special thanks |
| Mohan Prakash | ... | special thanks |
| Annie Proulx | ... | special thanks |
| Govind Punwani | ... | special thanks |
| Ambreen Qureshi | ... | special thanks |
| Ana Racelis | ... | special thanks |
| Vinay Rajpal | ... | special thanks |
| Satyajit Ray | ... | acknowledgment |
| Robert Redford | ... | special thanks |
| Evan Reed | ... | special thanks |
| Ish Reina | ... | special thanks |
| Jim Rider | ... | special thanks |
| Fred Ritchin | ... | special thanks |
| Lizette Rivera | ... | special thanks |
| Don Robinson | ... | special thanks |
| Shalu Rozario | ... | special thanks |
| Steve Ruhl | ... | special thanks |
| Pete Sabin | ... | acknowledgment |
| Gregoire Sauter | ... | special thanks |
| Diana Schmidt | ... | special thanks |
| Sara Serlen | ... | special thanks (as Sara Finmann) |
| Kirk Simon | ... | special thanks |
| Victor Sira | ... | acknowledgment |
| Calvin Skaggs | ... | special thanks (as Cal Skaggs) |
| Jeffrey D. Smith | ... | special thanks |
| Alexandra Spadea | ... | special thanks |
| Reinhold Speigler | ... | acknowledgment |
| Chuck Spezzano | ... | acknowledgment |
| Lency Spezzano | ... | acknowledgment |
| Spirit | ... | acknowledgment |
| Sploodge | ... | acknowledgment |
| Buddy Squires | ... | special thanks |
| Lina Srivastava | ... | special thanks |
| Heather Stephenson | ... | special thanks |
| Michael Stranahan | ... | special thanks |
| The Tarrant Family | ... | acknowledgment |
| Jay Tarrant | ... | acknowledgment |
| Mary Tchorbajian | ... | special thanks |
| Allan Ure | ... | special thanks |
| Mark Urman | ... | very special thanks |
| Joyce Vaughn | ... | special thanks |
| Fred Walker | ... | acknowledgment |
| Gary Weingarten | ... | acknowledgment |
| Scott Weir | ... | special thanks |
| Sean Welch | ... | special thanks |
| Diane Weyermann | ... | very special thanks |
| Alyson E. Winick | ... | very special thanks (as Alyson Winick) |
| Judy Zezmar | ... | special thanks |
Production Companies
- Red Light Films (presents)
- HBO/Cinemax Documentary (in association with)
- Creative Visions (thanks)
- Sundance Institute Documentary Fund (with the assistance of)
- thinkfilm (in association with)
Distributors
- Think Films (2004) (United States) (theatrical) (as THINKFilm)
- Against Gravity (2005) (Poland) (theatrical)
- Archer Entertainment Asia Pacific (2007) (Singapore) (theatrical)
- At Entertainment (2008) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Filmhouse (2005) (Mexico) (theatrical)
- Golden Village Pictures (2007) (Singapore) (theatrical)
- ICA Projects (2005) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Ideas for Films (2005) (France) (theatrical)
- THINKFilm (2004) (Canada) (theatrical)
- A-Film Home Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
- Barbar Film (2005) (Turkey)
- Fandango (2005) (Italy)
- Front Row Filmed Entertainment (2004) (United Arab Emirates) (Middle East)
- Roco Films (2004) (Non-US)
- THINKFilm (2005) (Canada) (DVD) (full frame 1.37)
- Velocity Home Entertainment (2005) (United States) (DVD) (full frame 1.37)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Alicia Patterson Foundation (additional funding)
- Alpha Cine Laboratory (prints)
- Alpha Cine Laboratory (tape to film transfer)
- Amnesty International (support)
- Apeejay Surrendra Group (support)
- Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers (AIVF) (support)
- B3 Motion (titles)
- Big Film Design (support)
- ColorEdge Art (photo prints)
- Contact Press Images (support)
- D.R. Reiff & Associates (insurance)
- Digital Arts (support)
- DocuClub (support)
- Film Connection (support)
- Frame:Runner (photo animation)
- Future Hope (support)
- HBO/Cinemax Documentary (support)
- Howard Chapnick Grant (additional funding)
- International Center of Photography (support)
- Lytton Hotel (support)
- Merchant Ivory Productions (thanks)
- Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp (legal services)
- Net Freaks (support)
- New York State Council on the Arts (additional funding)
- Open Society Institute (additional funding)
- Oxford Bookstore and Gallery (support)
- Paul and Phyllis Fireman Charitable Foundation (additional funding)
- PixelPress (support)
- Postworks New York (on-line facilities)
- Production Junction (support)
- Richard C. Goldstein Private Foundation (additional funding)
- SNAP Foundation (support)
- Sabera Foundation (support)
- Sanlaap (support)
- Schwebel's Baking (support)
- Silver, Laski & Weisel (accounting services)
- Society for Indian Children's Welfare (support)
- Streetvisions Remote (support)
- Sundance Film Festival (festival)
- Sundance Institute (assistance)
- Swartz Foundation (additional funding)
- Synapse Productions (support)
- THINKFilm (support)
- The Cottage Mix (post-production sound)
- The Film Sales Company (domestic sales)
- The Film Sales Company (foreign sales)
- The Jerome Foundation (additional funding)
- Valkhn Film & Video (support)
- Verlaine (support)
- Weirdesign (support)
- Willkie, Farr & Gallagher (legal services)
- World Press Photo (support)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Documentary photographer Zana Briski journeyed into Calcutta's underworld to photograph the city's prostitutes. In return, she offered to teach the prostitutes' children the basics of photography so that the kids could document their own lives on the streets of one of the world's poorest cities. The resulting photographs, often astonishing, were exhibited around the world; many of them are seen in this film, which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2005. Written by Jwelch5742 |
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Box Office
| Opening Weekend United States | $10,580, 12 Dec 2004 |
Did You Know?
| Movie Connections | Featured in Constantine/Son of the Mask/Because of Winn-Dixie/Born Into Brothels (2005). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Sankarabaranam pancha nadai pallavi See more » |
| Quotes |
Avjit:
There is nothing called hope in my future. See more » |