Briski, a documentary photographer, went to Kolkata to photograph prostitutes. While there, she befriended their children and offered to teach the children photography to reciprocate being allowed to photograph their mothers. The children were given cameras so they could learn photography and possibly improve their lives. Their photographs depicted a life in the red light […]
Release Year: 2005
List of films released in 2005
Documentary
Healers for All Reasons
Made in the aftermath of sectarian violence between Hindus and Muslims in the Indian state of Gujarat…
Mystic India
11-year old Neelkanth has long dreamed of being a Yogi, and in the darkness of the rainy evening of June 29…
Painted Nation
Going to School in India
"In India flags are always waving, people are always dancing and singing, marching in the streets and eating lots of sweets at festivals. What is it like where you go to school?" Suresh, age 9, Government School, Madhya Pradesh, India
Going to School in a Mud Desert
Every year, the monsoon turns this desert into a sea. Water levels rise as high as you or me. When the rain stops…
John & Jane
A entirely original blend of observational documentary and tropical science-fiction, JOHN & JANE follows the stories of six "call agents" thatanswer American 1-800 numbers in a Mumbai call center.
Sea of Change
A documentary about Father Jesu, his life’s work improving the lives of street children in India, Nesakkaram orphange, and his work with battered women and Tsunami victims.
Ashray
Ordinary Lives
A documentary set in a slum in Mumbai, with the lives of a family of ten living in a 180 square feet shack at its center…