Born Into Brothels Film Analysis

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Photographer, Zana Briski in her documentary, “Born into Brothels,” tries to highlight the living conditions of children in the red light areas of Calcutta, India. Briski’s purpose is to provide education to the children, introduce the hobby of photography, and get the children out of the Brothels. She also aims to achieve global attention on the topic of child prostitution. The filmmaker adopts a benevolent tone towards the children in order to bond with them and rather a pitiful tone in general to seek emotional support from the audience to achieve her purpose.

Zana Briski successfully achieved her purpose her purpose of seeking global attention by winning an Academy award, and which in turn makes the documentary more credible by adding

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