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By Maria Garcia (194) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 19 Dec 2004

Despite the film's lack of cohesiveness, Briski and Kauffman exhibit a keen eye for images that immediately communicate the dismal existence…

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By John Anderson (1,358) for Newsday (2,345) on 09 Dec 2004

A perfect, and perfectly calculated, documentary…

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Review of Born into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids (2004)

By A.o. Scott (2,100) for New York Times (5,786) on 09 Dec 2004

Zana Briski's documentary about children growing up in Calcutta's rough and squalid red light district is moving, charming and sad…

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By Stephen Whitty (1,794) for Newark Star-Ledger (1,745) on 08 Dec 2004

Some of the children's photographs are lovely, and the film has a thick, humid vibrancy to its colors…

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By Jessica Winter (193) for Village Voice (8,525) on 07 Dec 2004

Almost inevitably for a documentary of this stripe, it risks aestheticizing poverty--but here it's usually the kids themselves who compose…

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By Donald J. Levit (489) for ReelTalk Movie Reviews (1,771) on 23 Oct 2004

As much a plea as a movie, 'Born into Brothels' moves one deeply…

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By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 01 Jun 2004

There are numerous scenes of inspiration and uplift…

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By John A. Nesbit (472) for Old School Reviews (429) on 02 Feb 2004

The film educates as well as inspires, and sincerely represents social activism in the best ways…

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By Brad Slager (11) for Film Threat (5,156) on 27 Jan 2004

The brightest facet of the movie is that even as they face oppressive conditions they still persist with joy…

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Review of Born into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids (2004)

By James Greenberg (88) for Hollywood Reporter (2,966) on 27 Jan 2004

This is a work of art so deep and resonant that it puts most narrative films to shame…

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