Zana Briski

perspective of the director, Zana Briski, and the deprived children. Using the basic techniques of photography, Briski teaches the children to document their lives through photos, which are then used as a baseline for the documentary. Born into Brothels revolves around Briski’s attempt to gain awareness and education for a small group of children whose lives are filled with tragedy. Being identified as a ‘white-privileged’ female from the United States of America, Briski carries a completely distinct

In the film, Born into Brothels (2004), British filmmakers Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman setout to present a perspective from the children of sex workers living in Red Light District of Sonagachi, Calcutta. This film, however incidental, demonstrate single narratives on the basis of morality, sexuality, and preconceived notions about the third world. Their attempt at filming an impartial ethnographic film that spoke of the true nature of life as a child in the Red Light District of Calcutta failed

theme that is explored throughout many texts like the ‘Still I Rise’ Poetry from Maya Angelou, ‘The Dollhouse’ short story by Katherine Mansfield, The movie ‘Gran Torino’ directed by Clint Eastwood, and the Documentary film ‘Born into Brothels’ by Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman. First Text: A poem that conveys the theme discrimination is Still I Rise by Maya Angelou. Maya Angelou helps the reader see the struggle and feel what the black society had been treated like, and how the black society came

An intense portrayal of life at the extremes, Born into Brothels is a movie that challenges our perception of human resilience. The documentary takes place in Calcutta, India, home to one of the oldest populations and religious doctrines in the world. India is a country with an extraordinary history, yet suffers from massive overpopulation, environmental degradation, extreme poverty, and religious strife. (https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/in.html) Calcutta is the second largest

Overcoming Educational Disparities Throughout history, great inequalities have existed between people of various backgrounds. Some of the major roots for today’s inequalities can be traced to inequalities in our history, including slavery and the Holocaust which have left several victims feeling inferior, hopeless and not capable of pursuing a higher standard of life. Though achieving a completely equal society is almost impossible, there are several models for intervention that can help reduce the

are mostly interested in drugs and other illegal ways of making money. The children here have no opportunity to get an education. Auntie Zana, as named in the movie, seems to be an American woman who is trying to help the children have a better future. She is teaching them photography and displaying their works to raise money for their cause. Eventually, Aunite Zana is able to get the children into boarding schools. Although, in the end, only one of the children remained in school. This film taught

“I am not a social worker. I am not a teacher, even. That is my fear, you know, that I really can’t do anything. Helping them to get and education is not going to do anything, but without help they are doomed (Born into Brothels, 2004).” Zana Briski made this statement in her documentary Born into Brothels, referring to the children of sex workers in Sonagachi. This statement exemplifies child saving, a dominant theme in children’s discourse, that portrays children as vulnerable, innocent, and in

Children of Calcutta’s Red Light District A documentary Born into Brothels, by Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman in 2004, about a non-profit foundation Kids With Cameras. The foundation teaches photography skills to the children in Calcutta. Zana a photographer from New York started taking photos of the prostitutes in the red- light district of Calcutta, India. While Zana was taking photos she eventually developed a relationship with eight children, both male and female, these children were fascinated

Zombie” The song “Zombie” written by Dolores O’Riordan effectively describes the post-colonial theory, in its subsections; issues on power dynamics, economic issues, and political issues to portray that people’s conscience cannot be silenced. O’Riordan composed “Zombie” after the bomb blast in Cheshire Ireland during 1993, which killed two innocent children. The bomb was caused by the Irish Republican Army, most commonly known as the IRA which is a militant group that formed in 1916. O’Riordan

of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, class and most definitely gender. These themes are prominent in my chosen texts, the short story The Doll’s House by Katherine Mansfield, the documentary Born into Brothels by Zana Briski, the novel Sold by Patricia Mccormick and the film Gran Torino by Clint Eastwood. I have chosen all these texts because I've had a sufficient understanding about the different yet very similar forms of discrimination. After analysing these texts