| Edition |
Full screen. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (83 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guide ([10] pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm.) |
| System Details |
DVD; Region 1; Dolby digitial stereo 2.0, Dolby digital surround 5.1. |
| Performer |
Featuring Zana Briski. |
| Credits |
Executive producer, Geralyn White Dreyfous ; co-executive producer, Pamela Tanner Boll ; cinematography, Ross Kauffman, Zana Briski ; editors, Nancy Baker and Ross Kauffman ; music by, John McDowell. |
| Note |
Originally released in 2004. |
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Special features: director's commentary with Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski; special video commentary by the kids watching selected scenes of the film; 7 deleted scenes; "reconnecting" - an update of the kids 3 years later (9 min.); Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski interview segment with Charlie Rose (6 min.); Academy Award acceptance speech; production stills; about Kids with Cameras; theatrical trailer. |
| Awards |
Academy Award winner: Best Documentary Feature |
| Summary |
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. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: R; for some sequences of strong language. |
| Language |
English and Bengali dialogue with English subtitles; closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Children of prostitutes -- India -- Calcutta.
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Child photographers -- India -- Calcutta.
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Brothels.
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Prostitution -- India -- Calcutta.
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Kolkata (India) -- Social conditions.
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Briski, Zana.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Kauffman, Ross.
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Briski, Zana.
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Dreyfous, Geralyn White.
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Boll, Pamela Tanner.
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Baker, Nancy.
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McDowell, John, 1943-
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Red Light Films (Firm)
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Thinkfilm (Firm)
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HBO/Cinemax Documentary Films.
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| Standard No. |
821575534253 |
| Music No. |
TF-53425 Thinkfilm |
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