Red Light Special

The documentary Born Into Brothels, a portrait of Calcutta’s red light district, will be shown tonight at 7 p.m. at Buntport Theater, 717 Lipan Street. The widely acclaimed film, written and directed by Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman, won a string of accolades, including the Academy Award for Documentary Feature in 2004. Briski, a New York-based photographer, gave the children of several prostitutes cameras and taught them to record the world around them; the film also shows Briski’s struggle to enroll some of the kids in boarding schools.

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There is no fixed admission price, but donations are welcome and will go to Hope House, a safe haven in India for girls born into brothels. RSVP to Kelli Modica at Kamodica@yahoo.com or call 262-960-6616. For more about Hope House visit www.kids-with-cameras.org/school.
Tue., Dec. 8, 7 p.m., 2009