Robert Hargrove

Be sure to see the documentary movie,  Born into Brothels, winner of the Sundance Film Festival Audience Award. The film takes place in Calcutta's red light district with a group of unforgettable children — courageous, feisty and wickedly funny.

Zana Briski is a photographer who takes them on a transformational journey by teaching them to photograph their own lives. In the process the children begin to distinguish them “selves” as from the deplorable circumstances they have been living in the squalid brothels. They also begin to see they can create a “new future” rather than just falling into the future they would otherwise inherit—a life of prostitution. Briski shows tremendous determination in going through the bureaucratic nightmare to necessary to take the children out of the brothels and enroll them in boarding school.

print and book sales go directly to support the children's education. The film is an example of one individual's ability to make a difference. Check out http://www.kids-with-cameras.org/home/. I’d be interested in hearing about any opportunities you have to make a difference in your world with skills that you normally take for granted. Lets hear from you!