Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States, India
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
Documentary depicting the lives of child prostitutes in the red light district of Songachi, Calcutta. Director Zana Briski went to photograph the prostitutes when she met and became friends with their children. Briski began giving photography lessons to the children and became aware that their photography might be a way for them to lead better lives.
- prostitute
- human trafficking
- red-light district
- young prostitute
- biting
- calcutta
- illegal prostitution
- woman director
- child prostitution
- apathetic
The bill
- Mamuni — Self
- Directed
- Ross Kauffman, Zana Briski
- Written
- Ross Kauffman, Zana Briski
Production
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 · 252 ratings
- Studio
- Red Light Films, Creative Visions Productions, Sundance Institute, HBO Documentary Films
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
