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"Born Into Brothels" DVD

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DVD Release Date: September 20, 2005

Length: 85 minutes
MPAA Rating: R for some sequences of strong language

Movie Summary:
Winner of the Academy Award for Best Documentary, this movie tells the stories of a few of the children who live in Calcutta's red light district. Filmmakers Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman give the kids cameras and teach them how to use them, and one talented boy travels to Amsterdam for a competition. Also, Briski tries to help some of the youngsters escape their squalid world by getting them into boarding schools, but she runs into problems with both parents and government bureaucracy.

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• Region 1

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