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- Phil Corriveau
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- "Born Into Brothels"
- Summary: Several years ago Zana Briski, a photographer, found herself giving photography lessons to children living in the brothels of Calcutta's red light district. She told Lu Olkowski about the challenges of trying to change people's lives with art.
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Review of Born Into Brothels
Phil Corriveau
Posted on March 05, 2006 at 11:23 AM
In describing the work of visual artist Zana Briski, producer Lu Olkowski creates her own masterful portrait of sound. Briski is the photographer who co-produced the film "Born Into Brothels" and founded Kids with Cameras, a non-profit organization to empower marginalized children through learning the art of photography. In this piece, she works with children living in the brothels of Calcutta's red light district. The nicely mixed piece uses music, colorful ambient sound, well written and delivered narration, interviews with Briski and an art therapist, and even cuts from some of the kids, taken from the film. It is a wonderful experience when a piece about art is art in itself, and I highly recommend this excellent, sound rich piece of radio.