Art

Children with Cameras

Jack Fisher

19 Feb 2007

I saw the movie Born into Brothels a long time ago, but this site that I came across today jogged my memories – it's really well done documentary that follows the pitch: what happens when you put cameras into the hands of kids who have been born into the brothels of Calcutta?

You'd be surprised at the answer.

Kids with Cameras is the organization that keeps the events in the movie going... workshops have spread to Cairo and other cities. It's really a neat idea.. of providing hope and a way out for the worst of victims through art, really a joyous thing.

The world needs inspiration – why not bring home a little (DVD) today?

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