Born Into Brothels

I know I usually do not write two times a day, but I have been inspired.

I watched for my film class a film called Born Into Brothels...wow.what a film. It almost left me speechless. for those who have never seen this documentary it is about a group of kids who live in the red light district in india, there is a small group of kids who all live in the brothel, they live with parents, grandparents..whoever really took them in. Many of these young children are already being pressured with the idea of being forced into prostitution. This is not a film about prostitution, but it is about a woman who came to study life in the brothels and ended up teaching a small group of children how to take photographs. The movie follows the kids and their pictures, many of thier artwork has been sold around the world, from art shows to being put in calendars. It is so cool to see this teacher take the kids all over India to capture different moments in their lives, and I am telling you they took amazing photographs. It is quite amazing.

Another thing that really caught me off guard is that the lady who was the teacher and teaching them how to use cameras is trying through the whole documentary to get the children into boarding schools so that they can leave the brothels. She got many of the kids into the schools, and in the end it gave a recap as to all the kids and where they are and many of them left the schools and returned back to the brothels. some of them left because they wanted to, while some had to leave because the parents forced them to. This really caught me off guard because you think that they would all want to leave the brothels and get away from it all, but many of them did not want to leave the brothels. It made me really think about all those programs that give money so the kids can go to schools that are in areas like this, how the commercials made them want to all seem like the kids want to go to school..when yet many of them did not want to go to school. It is almost like they tried it, realized how hard of work it is and they drop out and go back to the brothels. Makes me kind of mad because they point at Americans and say that we get things handed to us, when yet maybe just some of us are devoted to go to school and go to college and try to make something out of ourselves. I have much sympathy for the kids, but it made me realize that they are humans too and not all of them are starving for education, which so many commercials and org. make it seem like.

another thing that really hit is the fact that here I am in the United States, with wonderful parents and a great family, and here I am complaining about somethings at school and their politics, when there are children out there being forced into prostitution...it makes me so sad. It makes me think why did God have me born here and not somewhere else like that? It is so interesting. Movies like this makes me want to go out in the world and try to make a difference. I have no idea what my future holds..but I want to do something that is going to help to people who are trapped. I want to help those who really want to leave the location they are at and make them safe and in a safe life. .

I encourage everyone to give this film a chance because it will make you think and maybe it will hit you like it hit me..