Kids with Cameras

Born into Brothels is one of the latest addition to my New Age Cinema Films warehouse-- it won the Oscar for best documentary this year. Filmed in the red light district of Calcutta, it follows several children born into the brothels, whose mothers work as prostitutes. In a city where there is much poverty, they are even more shunned than most, because of where they live and who their families are. 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. Given cameras, they photograph their families, the streets where they live, and generate new hope for their lives. In the wake of the film, an organization, Kids with Cameras, has emerged to continue the project. Now that’s whats I called a Motion Picture – as noble motion has emerged from pictures.
Kids with Cameras is a non-profit organization that teaches the art of photography to marginalized children in communities around the world. We use photography to capture the imaginations of children, to empower them, building confidence, self-esteem and hope. Creative Social work stuff to bring poor section to decent stature……. Flashing Foundation