Born Into Brothels

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Audience Member Sensibly approached with mostly a one-sided focus as a prioritized mission rather than exactly digging deep for the whole picture only through nuanced pre-understandable glimpses. The documented mission uplifts in hope towards brightened innocence of unsung creativity, with sympathy over their unfairly sealed living conditions stemming psychoanalysis towards negatively maintained conditions. Optimistically spirited with passionate education, but it raises a question how much can heal and persuade parental struggles for what a better livelihood actually means to them, and that's what this strong documentary is informatively spreading to raise enough awareness to trigger help that needs more than acceptance. (B+) Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Audience Member As contrived as it feels at times, it is devastatingly tragic watching the kids and their families make what are often damaging life changing decisions. These kids are born into a hopeless future and only this small handful were given any out owing to your typical white saviour western hipster. By the end it's hard not to feel warmth and sadness for these kids. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member I feel like an awful person saying this, because it makes me seem insensitive to the plight of those less fortunate than myself, but Born Into Brothels has a lot of qualities that make for my least favorite kind of documentaries. It probably comes from a childhood of watching countless missionary slide shows and videos in church (that drag on for much longer than anyone expected,) but after a few minutes of seeing the miserable living conditions in certain regions of the world, I kind of get the point. Showing these sweet children being abused in every definition of the term is depressing instantly, and it never seems to stop. I feel helpless and worthless, and after some time watching it all unfold, I start to feel bad about myself and the privilege I’ve always been blessed with. I know it’s important to have regular reminders so we don’t forget those who live in worse conditions than ourselves, but it’s hard enough to watch in a 2-minute commercial, let alone a 90-minute film. Born Into Brothels takes a turn though. This is the case of a documentary filmmaker who is not comfortable merely documenting life, they seek to help improve the lives they see suffering. The whole documentary takes a sharp thematic turn and entirely changes focus and subject matter. While the kids involved are all the same it is not focusing on the drudgery of their lives as much, but on this opportunity that might be able to lift them out of their situation. It is rewarding to watch these kids find value in themselves, and it gives us as viewers some measure of hope for their lives. This aspect of the documentary is intriguing, and I thought it made the film more watchable and exciting. It also helped present some of the differences between the kids, so they became well-defined individuals. Sadly, it didn’t exactly lighten the mood as much as I hoped, and there were some harsh reminders that overcoming the situation we’re born into isn’t easy. I can’t say that Born Into Brothels is poorly made, or anything of that fashion, it’s just a style of film that is hard for me to sit through. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 06/25/19 Full Review Audience Member Born into Brothels Born into Brothels 2004 ????? Watched 09 Sep, 2016 Born Into Brothels is the most humanitarianism effort by a documentary film maker i have ever come across about notorious Calcutta's Red Light and the doomed future those prostitutes' children faces. What lies in the centre of this grim and harsh reality is a hopeful fight against what seems like a lost cause(trying to get these children out of this hell hole). This movie says everything it needs to say without being judgemental and a story which needs to be told involving these forgotten souls who left to suffer for all their life. And for Indian audiences- You will never listen to "Aaenkhein khuli ho ya ho band didar unka hota hai" in the same light. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Audience Member Born into Brothels. Remember this Best Documentary Feature winner from almost a decade ago? I'm determined never to take red light districts, brothels, and sex work lightly again. The children's parents/ascendants/relatives who kept the children in those trashy alleys, continued to expose them to sex and violence, and kept them away from an education, should be absolutely ashamed. And so should anyone who glorifies red light districts and brothels, in America or in the 3rd world. Any effort to get children out of rancid trash gutter environments like the brothels of north Calcutta is heroic work! Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Audience Member This documentary changed how I look at documentaries. It was life changing for me and made my focus on women and girls even more intense. I've watched it several times and keep going back to it. Truly wonderful filmmakers! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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