Born Into Brothels

[avad]

Finally saw Born into Brothels screened at our local art museum, so happy to see the theatre filled (often for good films there are so few attendees.
It was as brilliant and moving as I hoped...PLEASE go see this movie if it's playing near you or rent it here from Netflix.
May it continue to spread seeds of awareness and compassion and empathy far and wide.

"Born into Brothels, by Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski, is the winner of the 77th annual Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. A tribute to the resiliency of childhood and the restorative power of art, Born into Brothels is a portrait of several unforgettable children who live in the red light district of Calcutta, where their mothers work as prostitutes. Zana Briski, a New York-based photographer, gives each of the children a camera and teaches them to look at the world with new eyes."
See the website Kids-With-Cameras.org

eyeclectic, this film must be SO inspiring and reinforcing for you! Did you see it??

Afterwards unfortunately I became very depressed...because we hung out with a few other people after the film and I wanted so much to talk about the film and express how strongly I believe in this type of work and what a big part of my life microphilanthropy is and the 10% concept...and I just... couldn't. All stuck in my throat and heart.Didn't know how to talk about it. And the conversations all felt so Off, awkward and off-topic and i felt this growing sadness that the movie seemed to have already faded from their minds...or never sunk in in the first place...or just that we could not really dialogue about it. And again that feeling of such distance....of having such superficial interactions with the people/friends around me and layers and layers untouched.
I guess this is another reason I am so addicted to LJ...the feeling of being a bit more under the skin of everyone...and having an open arena to comfortably speak from that place in me as well...

Comments

[wandruska.livejournal.com]

you know, sometimes talking about things like that is cathartic and it's best to absorb it internally, it becomes stronger. if they all had talked about it i'm sure soon enough it would have progressed into the realms of the banal and the shallow opinion.
i've seen something like that being done a few years ago when a photographer worked with poor south american kids and gave them all cameras, i can't remember which country they were from but quite likely from the 'favelas' in Brazil. but i'm not sure.
yup, the world is a fucked up beautiful place :)

[avad.livejournal.com]

yeah, my initial impulse was to just seep with it on my own..as I was really moved by the film and in a whole other moody headspace, but they really seemed to want to hang out after the film and 'talk about it' so I kindof thought I should- especially since there really is so much I'd like to share about similar projects and goals. But then it just never clicked, I think everyone felt awkward and unsure how to talk about it. I'm just a bit disappointed in myself for not being a little more ready/able since it really is something I'd love to share with the people I interact with in real life. It was just a feeling of frustration/paralysis. like the dreams where you're trying to scream or run but can't. unsettling.

[spicada.livejournal.com]

I remember checking out the Kids-With-Cameras.org site back when the film was first released. However, I think I missed the part about the film. (Sounds like something I would miss.) Anyways, cool! I'll keep my eyes open for the film. (I doubt it'll be at a theater.)

I'd gladly chat with you about it. :)

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

This reminds me of one of the World Vision projects I researched when I worked there: a project for women in Bangkok affected by HIV. It is harder for a Christian agency to raise funds for a project like than for something like child sponsorship. That research was one of many things that changed the way I thought about the world. I'll watch for the film.

[jenfer47.livejournal.com]

I saw it a couple of months ago - an excellent movie! Very sad, though, that so few of those kids were going to make it through school and have a chance at a better life.