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Born Into Brothels, Sun September 18
2005, 7:00 & 9:00

Oscar-nominated doc, by American photographer Zana Briski

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Subject Born Into Brothels shows at IFS on Sun September 18, 2005, 7:00 & 9:00

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Born Into Brothels
Oscar-nominated doc, by American photographer Zana Briski
Sun September 18
2005, 7:00 & 9:00

The impulse to document the lives of poor, neglected and oppressed people is unquestionably noble, but it is not without certain ethical difficulties. While most films of its kind allow this contradiction to hover in the background, "Born Into Brothels," a documentary about children growing up in Calcutta's red light district, faces it squarely.

Rather than simply record the lives of those children, Zana Briski became their teacher and advocate. The resulting film is moving, charming and sad, a tribute to Ms. Briski's indomitability and to the irrepressible creative spirits of the children themselves.

The seven children were given cameras to take pictures of the world around them. Their work provides the film with some of its most beautiful and revealing images, offering glimpses of life in the crowded, colorful alleyways of the red light district that no outsider could capture.

While "Born Into Brothels" recounts her tireless efforts to help her protégés escape from the poverty and sex work that seems to be their destiny, it also shows the limits of what a single person can do. "Born Into Brothels" tempers its optimism with realism in a way that is both uplifting and heartbreaking. (A.O. Scott, New York Times)

To see a trailer and read a review, visit InternationalFilmSeries.com.

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10 films for $65 with punch card
$10 general admission. $8 w/UCB student ID, $8 for senior citizens
$1 discount to anyone with a bike helmet
Free on your birthday! CU Cinema Studies students get in free.

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