I have reached their eyes

Derick 2022-03-26 09:01:14

I have been to this place and seen the life of the children here, so I am even more touched. For people living in Calcutta, poverty is a state that is extremely difficult to get rid of, including religion, social system, and living environment, all of which restrain them, especially children born in brothels. Originally, I naively thought that as long as If they want to change, they can find a way out, but the reality is that staying in the red light district, or even becoming a prostitute or a pimp, is an “choice” that cannot be said. Death doesn't seem to be such a painful thing, and just surviving takes all of their strength - this is a predicament where strength cannot be stretched from the inside, and they can only rely on external help to imprison them in these places one by one. The little soul in the hollow body was rescued. When I was in the red light district, I heard that many NGOs have visited over the years. Now, some children here are able to go to school, and some children have been adopted overseas. The opportunity for life change has come to them, and the children who are left behind, those children continue to flow. For the children born here, can they hope for a change from the future? I have no idea. But I have seen the eyes of young prostitutes with heavy makeup hiding in the alleys, with curiosity, precaution, confusion, and a hint of expectation for the normal world.

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  • Celestine 2022-03-30 09:01:11

    "Born in a Brothel" synopsis: This film won the "77th Academy Award for Best Documentary Film" (DOCUMENTARY FEATURE) This film tells the story of a journalist who teaches photography to children in Kolkata's red light district, in which photography becomes a way of changing people. Possibility of fate. Will the children growing up in the red light district of India, facing poverty, misery and despair, have the chance to break free from the same fate as their mother? A group of children living in the weathered district of Kolkata, under the leadership of the director, gradually came into contact with the learning experience of graphic photography . In 1998, New York journalist Briskie came to Calcutta's red light district with the intention of filming something about prostitutes. In the end she not only got to know them, but also their children. and the children to her

  • Percy 2022-04-21 09:03:49

    I have to say this is a cool idea~ the photos from the little photographers are amazing! I can't help feeling sad when I see it at the end, what will happen to their tomorrow? How many children like them are there?

Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids quotes

  • Avjit: There is nothing called hope in my future.

  • Tapasi: Just today, I took someone's picture and he bad mouthed me. I didn't mind. You really have to put up with a lot if you want to learn to do something well.