1 00:03:18,366 --> 00:03:21,494 lt's almost impossible to photograph in the red light district. 2 00:03:22,370 --> 00:03:24,338 Everyone is terrified of the camera. 3 00:03:24,739 --> 00:03:27,003 They are frightened of being found out. 4 00:03:28,176 --> 00:03:29,768 Everything is illegal. 5 00:03:32,514 --> 00:03:34,709 There's a whole separate society within itself... 6 00:03:34,883 --> 00:03:37,852 l mean, you just walk down that one lane and it's another world. 7 00:03:41,122 --> 00:03:42,987 l knew l couldn't do this as a visitor. 8 00:03:43,158 --> 00:03:46,594 l wanted to stay with them, live with them and understand their lives. 9 00:03:53,668 --> 00:03:55,937 And of course, as soon as l entered the brothels... 10 00:03:55,937 --> 00:03:57,302 l met the children. 11 00:04:42,584 --> 00:04:45,519 The brothels are filled with children, they are everywhere. 12 00:04:46,187 --> 00:04:48,087 And they were so curious. 13 00:04:48,156 --> 00:04:51,592 They didn't understand why this woman had come and what l was doing there. 14 00:04:52,894 --> 00:04:55,886 They were all over me, and l would play with them. 15 00:04:55,964 --> 00:04:58,228 And take their photographs and they would take mine. 16 00:04:58,900 --> 00:05:01,300 They wanted to learn how to use the camera. 17 00:05:02,070 --> 00:05:05,904 That's when l thought it would be really great to teach them... 18 00:05:06,141 --> 00:05:08,769 and to see this World through their eyes. 19 00:08:21,603 --> 00:08:24,663 When you hold the camera, take your time to look. 20 00:08:24,873 --> 00:08:26,807 Don't just go like this. 21 00:08:27,308 --> 00:08:29,572 lf it's not right here... 22 00:08:29,644 --> 00:08:31,646 l'll move a little bit... 23 00:08:31,646 --> 00:08:34,080 and make sure everything in the whole square... 24 00:08:34,315 --> 00:08:36,681 looks good and then l'll take the picture. 25 00:08:36,918 --> 00:08:40,547 So just do it more slowly. So l want her to look. 26 00:10:39,307 --> 00:10:42,105 People ask me why am l in lndia, why l come and do this work. 27 00:10:42,610 --> 00:10:46,307 There's no rational, logical reason why l do this... 28 00:10:46,547 --> 00:10:48,850 but l feel very connected to the women... 29 00:10:48,850 --> 00:10:50,875 and now their children. 30 00:10:54,355 --> 00:10:55,788 Does she like this one? 31 00:10:56,124 --> 00:10:59,560 She should be able to say why she likes a photo or doesn't like it. 32 00:10:59,627 --> 00:11:01,754 She doesn't have to agree with anyone. 33 00:11:10,071 --> 00:11:13,040 You know what? She's right, it's one head sticking out. 34 00:11:13,274 --> 00:11:15,572 That's why l like it and that's why she doesn't like it. 35 00:13:19,967 --> 00:13:22,128 This picture is funny to me. 36 00:13:22,336 --> 00:13:24,896 Maybe it's just because l'm a westerner... 37 00:13:25,139 --> 00:13:28,267 but they look like an old married couple holding their twins. 38 00:17:29,116 --> 00:17:32,176 Kochi is very shy and demure. 39 00:17:32,253 --> 00:17:35,654 So if somebody is gonna force her into prostitution she's not going to say no. 40 00:17:35,723 --> 00:17:37,657 She's never said no in her life. 41 00:17:38,559 --> 00:17:41,687 So you can imagine what's going to happen to her very soon. 42 00:17:47,702 --> 00:17:51,069 The children ask me for help. They ask for it all the time. 43 00:17:51,839 --> 00:17:54,307 And it's heartbreaking, there's so little l can do... 44 00:17:54,442 --> 00:17:56,171 all l can do is try. 45 00:20:38,806 --> 00:20:40,137 Look that building! 46 00:20:45,713 --> 00:20:48,011 l'm gonna take a picture to. 47 00:21:09,136 --> 00:21:11,900 Why don't you go faster? You're going so slowly! 48 00:21:40,734 --> 00:21:42,497 Am l doing it right? 49 00:23:39,119 --> 00:23:41,314 You shot two rolls of film which is very good. 50 00:23:41,555 --> 00:23:44,854 But the pictures all came out blank which was not very good. 51 00:23:45,592 --> 00:23:48,220 -Why? -Because you went out at night, right? 52 00:23:50,164 --> 00:23:51,231 You should know by now... 53 00:23:51,231 --> 00:23:55,600 you can't shoot at night without a flash. 54 00:24:39,780 --> 00:24:42,271 She's really good at photographing on the street... 55 00:24:42,516 --> 00:24:45,041 and no one has really done that in her neighborhood. 56 00:24:45,285 --> 00:24:48,522 Like outside her house. And she's very bold. 57 00:24:48,522 --> 00:24:50,990 Tell her that you know how people get angry on the street... 58 00:24:51,125 --> 00:24:53,593 but she's so bold she gets away with it. 59 00:24:53,760 --> 00:24:55,591 She's one of the few people in the class. 60 00:25:01,168 --> 00:25:03,898 Yeah, because she is very strong. 61 00:25:18,385 --> 00:25:21,616 The greatgrandmother, the grandmother the mother are prostitutes... 62 00:25:21,889 --> 00:25:23,789 but they have better surroundings. 63 00:25:23,891 --> 00:25:26,724 lt's a Brahman family, they're very sort of regal... 64 00:25:26,894 --> 00:25:28,862 because she eats well, she's dressed well... 65 00:25:29,029 --> 00:25:30,758 she's not obviously poor... 66 00:25:30,998 --> 00:25:32,898 but she's heading for prostitution. 67 00:27:08,528 --> 00:27:10,291 Why do you think it is yours? 68 00:27:12,032 --> 00:27:14,364 l know! But just because it's your camera... 69 00:27:14,434 --> 00:27:16,493 doesn't mean it's your photo. 70 00:27:20,173 --> 00:27:23,540 A composition means how you put shapes into the box. 71 00:27:23,844 --> 00:27:25,505 The lines of a picture. 72 00:27:25,779 --> 00:27:28,509 These are all very, very good compositions. 73 00:27:29,750 --> 00:27:31,952 You can see everything that is going on around. 74 00:27:31,952 --> 00:27:34,045 There's so much information in this picture. 75 00:27:34,154 --> 00:27:36,145 There's layers of people in the foreground... 76 00:27:36,356 --> 00:27:38,916 middle, back... and it's just a beautiful photograph. 77 00:27:44,564 --> 00:27:45,622 Suchitra! 78 00:29:35,175 --> 00:29:38,269 One of the girls was already married off at age 11. 79 00:29:38,745 --> 00:29:41,509 Another was forced into prostitution at age 14. 80 00:29:41,715 --> 00:29:43,148 These are all my students. 81 00:29:43,250 --> 00:29:46,344 They have absolutely no opportunity without education. 82 00:29:48,355 --> 00:29:50,687 The question is can l find a school? A good school... 83 00:29:50,824 --> 00:29:54,590 that will take kids that are children of prostitutes. 84 00:30:04,571 --> 00:30:07,507 l'm totally independent. l've been living and working... 85 00:30:07,507 --> 00:30:10,499 in the red light district in North Calcutta for a number of years. 86 00:30:10,577 --> 00:30:13,671 -Which red light district? -Ramagana Sonogachi. 87 00:30:14,147 --> 00:30:16,149 Where you've been living for a number of years? 88 00:30:16,149 --> 00:30:19,686 On and off, so l've been teaching well. Basically. 89 00:30:19,686 --> 00:30:23,019 l'm a photographer and l've been photographing the lives of the women... 90 00:30:23,089 --> 00:30:24,784 and l got very close to the children... 91 00:30:24,891 --> 00:30:27,689 and l started teaching them photography two years ago. 92 00:30:27,861 --> 00:30:29,963 There's one group l'm very close to... 93 00:30:29,963 --> 00:30:32,158 and l'm trying to get them out of the brothels. 94 00:30:32,599 --> 00:30:35,335 Trying to find schools, good schools for them, but... 95 00:30:35,335 --> 00:30:37,337 l'm looking for a boarding school... 96 00:30:37,337 --> 00:30:39,862 cause otherwise they go back to the red light district and then... 97 00:30:39,940 --> 00:30:42,500 One of the girls was already forced into prostitution. 98 00:30:42,976 --> 00:30:45,011 These kids want to be out of there. 99 00:30:45,011 --> 00:30:47,309 Are there any boarding schools that will take them? 100 00:30:47,514 --> 00:30:50,506 Cause l found that people don't want to deal with children of sex workers. 101 00:30:50,717 --> 00:30:53,550 No place is the right place. Nobody will take them. 102 00:30:53,787 --> 00:30:54,913 Who will take them? 103 00:33:45,625 --> 00:33:48,526 l love this, because it's a self portrait... 104 00:33:48,795 --> 00:33:50,820 but you can also see the street. 105 00:33:51,097 --> 00:33:52,689 You can see the environment where he is. 106 00:33:52,999 --> 00:33:57,129 He's just got so many different kinds of pictures on this one contact sheet. 107 00:33:57,337 --> 00:34:00,534 And the details here, the windows, the shutters and wires. 108 00:34:01,207 --> 00:34:04,540 So many different angles, and things in the foreground, and background... 109 00:34:04,611 --> 00:34:07,102 and men sleeping and walking and everything. 110 00:34:07,647 --> 00:34:09,911 Just a very good contact sheet. 111 00:37:22,609 --> 00:37:24,008 One minute. One minute. 112 00:37:24,210 --> 00:37:27,873 Could you ask everyone if they've got their cameras cause l don't see them all. 113 00:37:29,148 --> 00:37:29,978 Okay. 114 00:37:35,588 --> 00:37:36,850 We're leaving. 115 00:38:31,844 --> 00:38:32,902 Look at the water! 116 00:38:33,212 --> 00:38:34,679 There are animals there. 117 00:41:35,027 --> 00:41:37,655 Look at the sky. The moon! 118 00:44:20,726 --> 00:44:22,125 Let me go! 119 00:44:22,728 --> 00:44:24,059 Let me go! 120 00:44:28,000 --> 00:44:29,297 Let me go! 121 00:44:33,272 --> 00:44:34,603 Oh God! 122 00:45:37,269 --> 00:45:40,204 l'm not a social worker. l'm not a teacher, even. 123 00:45:40,606 --> 00:45:43,769 That's my fear, you know, that l really can't do anything. 124 00:45:43,876 --> 00:45:47,642 And that even helping them to get an education is not going to do anything. 125 00:45:47,847 --> 00:45:50,111 But without help, they're doomed. 126 00:46:28,254 --> 00:46:31,849 We're going to go and find out exactly what we need for the school applications. 127 00:46:32,558 --> 00:46:35,755 l've got the original birth certificates, Xeroxes of the birth certificates. 128 00:46:35,995 --> 00:46:40,056 The reason this is so difficult is cause their parents cannot be criminals. 129 00:46:40,499 --> 00:46:42,126 And their parents are all criminals. 130 00:46:42,535 --> 00:46:45,971 They're all prostitutes, dealing drugs, selling alcohol illegally. 131 00:46:46,539 --> 00:46:47,597 l don't understand, you know. 132 00:46:47,673 --> 00:46:50,005 Everyday. Come tomorrow, it will be done. 133 00:46:50,676 --> 00:46:53,668 You said it would be done today. You promised it would be done today. 134 00:46:54,079 --> 00:46:58,038 You promised it would be done last Tuesday. You can't put a stamp on this? 135 00:47:03,189 --> 00:47:07,148 He spells it with a ''V''. lt's on his birth certificate as a ''V''. 136 00:47:07,793 --> 00:47:10,227 The original ration card says ''V''. 137 00:47:11,263 --> 00:47:12,628 V. l. 138 00:47:15,034 --> 00:47:16,934 Aiy, V. l. V. V. 139 00:47:50,836 --> 00:47:54,203 l just wanna know how long it's supposed to take once you have all this stuff. 140 00:47:59,578 --> 00:48:01,808 l could kill this ration guy. 141 00:49:02,841 --> 00:49:06,368 So l need to go over everything that they need because l don't, l don't... 142 00:49:06,478 --> 00:49:09,504 -Yeah, birth certificates. -l have birth certificates. 143 00:49:11,584 --> 00:49:13,575 And ration cards. 144 00:49:13,719 --> 00:49:17,382 They don't, l mean, if l have to go to that ration card office again... 145 00:49:17,623 --> 00:49:20,114 l think l'll just jump off a bridge. 146 00:49:21,293 --> 00:49:23,056 Oh my God. l've already... 147 00:49:24,630 --> 00:49:25,562 Okay. 148 00:49:26,332 --> 00:49:28,596 Medical certificate, some sort of medical certificate. 149 00:49:31,337 --> 00:49:32,361 l have no idea. 150 00:49:39,511 --> 00:49:41,911 l mean, l'll do it, if you want, but l don't know. 151 00:49:42,047 --> 00:49:44,880 Just get a medical certification. 152 00:49:45,818 --> 00:49:47,945 So l'll have to take them to the doctor. 153 00:49:54,627 --> 00:49:56,595 Kianti: bad news. 154 00:49:57,596 --> 00:49:59,188 Potentially devastating news. 155 00:50:00,065 --> 00:50:03,831 She called and she said that the medical tests are compulsory... 156 00:50:04,069 --> 00:50:07,527 and they can't move ahead until l have the results of the HlV tests. 157 00:50:07,606 --> 00:50:09,767 And that if they have HlV, they won't take them. 158 00:50:50,883 --> 00:50:53,647 Now l'm gonna tie the band. 159 00:50:54,086 --> 00:50:57,146 -ls it tight? lt has to be. Does it hurt? -A little bit. 160 00:51:11,837 --> 00:51:13,771 Let's see this vein. 161 00:51:14,139 --> 00:51:15,299 l'm afraid. 162 00:51:26,351 --> 00:51:27,909 Take it easy. We're done. 163 00:51:30,322 --> 00:51:31,346 Perfect. 164 00:51:31,724 --> 00:51:32,713 That's it. 165 00:51:33,325 --> 00:51:34,553 Very good. 166 00:51:34,626 --> 00:51:37,857 Keep your arm like this and hold it tight. 167 00:51:44,069 --> 00:51:46,503 Good news. They're all negative. 168 00:51:49,575 --> 00:51:50,599 Very happy. 169 00:54:05,544 --> 00:54:07,535 Right now, l'm looking for grant money. 170 00:54:07,613 --> 00:54:09,547 My goal now is, l mean, is to teach them... 171 00:54:09,748 --> 00:54:12,808 but also to raise money for them using their own photography... 172 00:54:13,585 --> 00:54:16,782 selling their photographs to raise money for them. 173 00:54:18,190 --> 00:54:21,751 Amnesty lnternational is going to use the kids'photos for their calendar. 174 00:54:22,060 --> 00:54:24,551 And the photos are being auctioned at Sotheby's. 175 00:54:26,598 --> 00:54:29,066 The whole point of this is to get the kids out of the brothels. 176 00:54:34,907 --> 00:54:36,135 lt's Shantis photograph. 177 00:54:55,294 --> 00:54:57,956 l don't know if you know Robert Pledge from contact Press lmages... 178 00:54:58,063 --> 00:55:00,463 but he's come out to teach the kids. 179 00:55:00,565 --> 00:55:02,897 He runs a pretty major photo agency in New York City. 180 00:55:03,669 --> 00:55:07,264 He's become very involved in the project, and very supportive. 181 00:55:08,640 --> 00:55:12,576 Can you all look here and tell me if there are other pictures... 182 00:55:12,678 --> 00:55:16,614 in this series that any one of you like particularly. 183 00:55:19,584 --> 00:55:20,846 -And uh... -Sorry. 184 00:55:21,653 --> 00:55:26,522 When l first saw this picture it was very strange because... 185 00:55:50,615 --> 00:55:52,845 Avijit is very, very exceptional. 186 00:55:53,285 --> 00:55:54,616 Very special. 187 00:55:54,853 --> 00:55:57,686 He has a natural talent. And... 188 00:55:57,956 --> 00:56:02,757 this organization in Holland, called the World Press Photo Foundation... 189 00:56:03,628 --> 00:56:07,564 every year invites nine children from all over the world... 190 00:56:08,266 --> 00:56:10,826 to come and spend one week in Amsterdam... 191 00:56:11,203 --> 00:56:13,103 and look at photographs... 192 00:56:13,638 --> 00:56:16,801 that are made by 4,000 photographers all over the world. 193 00:56:17,109 --> 00:56:20,135 And one of our ideas is to get... 194 00:56:20,579 --> 00:56:24,640 Avijit to come and be the child photographer from lndia... 195 00:56:24,716 --> 00:56:28,516 to be present at this show. And this is a very special thing. 196 00:56:28,820 --> 00:56:32,085 As a grandmother, you should feel very happy and very proud. 197 00:56:39,765 --> 00:56:44,259 So far we've had two exhibitions in NY, but you haven't been able to be there. 198 00:56:44,536 --> 00:56:45,037 So... 199 00:56:45,037 --> 00:56:48,564 l've organized an exhibition at the Oxford bookstore on Park Street... 200 00:56:49,041 --> 00:56:50,599 of your photographs. 201 00:56:50,842 --> 00:56:52,901 Only of your photographs. And... 202 00:56:53,712 --> 00:56:56,078 So you will all be the guests of honor. 203 00:56:56,681 --> 00:56:58,979 You're mothers are invited as well, so all of your... 204 00:57:19,538 --> 00:57:22,530 lf anybody looks after the baby, they want 10 rupees. 205 00:57:58,376 --> 00:58:00,571 Oh, they're all here. Amazing. 206 00:58:00,645 --> 00:58:03,580 -How are you? -l am very well, thank you. How are you? 207 00:58:05,350 --> 00:58:07,580 ln yesterday's newspaper... 208 00:58:07,953 --> 00:58:09,682 there's an article. 209 00:58:09,788 --> 00:58:14,589 You are published on the front page of the biggest newspaper in lndia. 210 00:58:18,363 --> 00:58:20,923 l'm gonna show you the pictures we're gonna put on the wall. 211 00:58:21,066 --> 00:58:22,897 -Who's picture is this? -Shanti. 212 00:58:23,168 --> 00:58:24,965 Shanti. Like it? 213 00:58:26,872 --> 00:58:28,237 This is another picture. 214 00:58:29,975 --> 00:58:31,272 What do you think? 215 00:58:34,613 --> 00:58:36,103 This is... these are who's? 216 00:58:36,381 --> 00:58:37,609 Avijit. 217 00:58:47,926 --> 00:58:51,623 And the last picture is the one that's in the newspaper. 218 00:58:56,835 --> 00:58:58,632 That's it. Congratulations. 219 00:59:04,776 --> 00:59:07,336 And now, they get to sign the pictures. 220 00:59:31,803 --> 00:59:33,270 Yes, lots of people. 221 00:59:44,349 --> 00:59:45,509 Oh my God. 222 00:59:48,720 --> 00:59:49,584 Our pictures. 223 00:59:50,889 --> 00:59:52,049 That's us there. 224 00:59:56,661 --> 00:59:58,993 l like it very much. 225 00:59:59,231 --> 01:00:02,029 -l like it... -l like it... 226 01:00:02,267 --> 01:00:03,529 -very much. -very much. 227 01:00:04,002 --> 01:00:05,094 This is her hand. 228 01:00:05,170 --> 01:00:07,661 Her hand in front of the camera. 229 01:01:06,264 --> 01:01:09,131 These photographs will now travel to different parts of the world. 230 01:01:09,367 --> 01:01:12,234 And the proceeds from these exhibitions will go to one single purpose... 231 01:01:12,404 --> 01:01:15,100 a decent education for the children, and hopefully a chance... 232 01:01:15,173 --> 01:01:18,108 to know a world outside of the Red Light areas of Calcutta. 233 01:01:18,176 --> 01:01:19,871 Star News. 234 01:01:52,844 --> 01:01:54,539 Avijit's mother died. 235 01:01:54,779 --> 01:01:58,306 Some kind of kitchen explosion accident. l hope it wasn't... 236 01:02:03,021 --> 01:02:05,421 Do you know how she died, what happened? 237 01:02:12,831 --> 01:02:16,323 That's what l thought, as soon as l heard kitchen accident. 238 01:02:16,568 --> 01:02:19,901 l'm very worried about him now with this news. 239 01:02:20,939 --> 01:02:22,531 Will there be any police? 240 01:02:23,875 --> 01:02:25,001 Nothing. 241 01:02:26,644 --> 01:02:27,770 So sad. 242 01:03:42,120 --> 01:03:43,815 Wait, wait, wait. l want to talk about this. 243 01:03:45,623 --> 01:03:48,023 He won't be coming today. 244 01:03:52,564 --> 01:03:56,056 Everybody knows that Avijit is supposed to go to Amsterdam. 245 01:03:56,367 --> 01:03:57,969 He still hasn't got his passport... 246 01:03:57,969 --> 01:03:59,630 because there were a lot of problems. 247 01:03:59,704 --> 01:04:04,505 But if he goes, he's going to represent all of you and the photo class... 248 01:04:04,576 --> 01:04:06,567 and all of the hard work that you've been doing. 249 01:04:13,518 --> 01:04:15,042 Did they invited us in? 250 01:04:16,855 --> 01:04:18,982 -Why didn't you come today? -l went to art class. 251 01:04:24,662 --> 01:04:27,529 my friends had to come tell me. 252 01:04:27,999 --> 01:04:31,867 l want to get his two rolls of film. 253 01:04:38,710 --> 01:04:41,577 He's got school in the morning and he's got school until five, right? 254 01:04:42,180 --> 01:04:45,581 What about your photography? You don't care? 255 01:05:07,005 --> 01:05:09,803 l could not get a passport for that kid. 256 01:05:10,074 --> 01:05:12,634 l went through everything. l couldn't do it. 257 01:05:12,877 --> 01:05:14,504 Actually, it hasn't even been confirmed... 258 01:05:14,579 --> 01:05:18,310 so l can't even tell you his passport application has been accepted. 259 01:05:19,384 --> 01:05:22,251 There is no way to get this kid's passport... 260 01:05:22,387 --> 01:05:24,855 because he lives in the Red Light district. 261 01:05:25,189 --> 01:05:27,623 l'm afraid the whole thing's going to fall through because of... 262 01:05:27,859 --> 01:05:30,555 Well, l'm afraid the whole thing's going to fall through too. 263 01:05:30,628 --> 01:05:34,587 Avijit hasn't shot anything at all, because he's just... somewhere else. 264 01:05:39,904 --> 01:05:41,064 You guys, you... 265 01:05:41,272 --> 01:05:43,103 and you, and you... 266 01:05:43,508 --> 01:05:46,136 have been accepted into a school. 267 01:05:58,690 --> 01:06:01,250 She can visit. lt's not like it's far. 268 01:06:03,561 --> 01:06:06,121 Will we have to eat only veggie food there? 269 01:06:06,598 --> 01:06:08,566 Yuck, l don't like veggie food. 270 01:07:04,322 --> 01:07:05,812 That's good. 271 01:07:07,558 --> 01:07:09,526 -l wanna use it too. -Hold on. 272 01:07:13,931 --> 01:07:15,364 When l learn the computer... 273 01:08:39,117 --> 01:08:41,585 Puja won't eat well by herself. 274 01:08:51,162 --> 01:08:53,498 She has to learn to eat by herself. 275 01:09:12,650 --> 01:09:15,312 -See you tomorrow. -Bye, bye. 276 01:09:32,737 --> 01:09:34,261 -Bye. -Bye. 277 01:09:35,973 --> 01:09:37,998 -Tomorrow, at eleven. -Bring your camera. 278 01:09:42,346 --> 01:09:43,973 right? 279 01:10:08,139 --> 01:10:10,869 This guy, Tim Grandage, who runs Future Hope... 280 01:10:11,209 --> 01:10:14,178 only wants kids from bad backgrounds... 281 01:10:14,312 --> 01:10:17,304 so the children of sex workers. lt's for boys only. 282 01:10:17,648 --> 01:10:20,481 And there's pretty much nowhere else for these kids to go. 283 01:10:20,518 --> 01:10:22,418 Nobody else will take them. 284 01:10:23,588 --> 01:10:26,682 l would say there are two that need to get out very urgently. 285 01:10:26,924 --> 01:10:28,221 Do they know each other? 286 01:10:28,492 --> 01:10:30,255 Yeah, they live in the same brothel. 287 01:10:30,761 --> 01:10:33,321 -Which one you're most worried about? -Avijit. 288 01:10:33,397 --> 01:10:35,499 l mean, Avijit always's asking me... 289 01:10:35,499 --> 01:10:38,662 he says l hate it here, l can't do anything here, l can't study. 290 01:10:38,903 --> 01:10:42,964 His one grandmother, l think, really cares for him but has no control over him. 291 01:10:43,307 --> 01:10:48,074 His grandfather and his father are just sort of not effective at all. 292 01:10:48,613 --> 01:10:53,812 l think he's gonna turn out to be a real bad kid soon if he doesn't get real help. 293 01:10:54,552 --> 01:10:57,077 He's got an ego, for sure. 294 01:10:57,755 --> 01:11:00,519 l think if he's in the right environment he'll also... 295 01:11:00,591 --> 01:11:02,821 He wants to be good. But he has no guidance. 296 01:11:03,160 --> 01:11:06,618 ln the last few weeks he's had a real change of heart about everything. 297 01:11:06,697 --> 01:11:10,189 And he seems to be pretty apathetic. l think he's reached a critical point... 298 01:11:10,668 --> 01:11:13,637 and if he doesn't get out of there really soon, he's lost. 299 01:11:13,738 --> 01:11:17,174 That's how l'm feeling about Avijit. He's a very bright kid, very talented. 300 01:11:17,842 --> 01:11:22,506 Give us five minutes. Give us a chance and let us chat next door. 301 01:11:23,414 --> 01:11:25,541 -Give us five minutes. -Ok, thank you. 302 01:11:29,654 --> 01:11:32,122 lf you don't have a good foundation, you can't build. 303 01:11:32,657 --> 01:11:34,989 But they have to start at a certain standard. 304 01:11:35,159 --> 01:11:37,320 And if you work hard, then you go up very quickly. 305 01:11:47,371 --> 01:11:49,737 lsn't it better to be with good people that care about you? 306 01:11:49,941 --> 01:11:53,536 And that want to teach you well? Than a number? 307 01:11:56,647 --> 01:11:58,046 But, you know, it's up to you. 308 01:11:58,316 --> 01:12:00,716 l wanna go to school. 309 01:12:02,553 --> 01:12:04,817 And as for you, if you want to go... 310 01:12:04,989 --> 01:12:05,956 they'll take you. 311 01:12:13,297 --> 01:12:15,891 But he understands, right? This is the only choice. 312 01:12:16,033 --> 01:12:18,558 lf he doesn't take this offer then that's it, he stays at home. 313 01:12:18,636 --> 01:12:21,104 There's nothing more l can do. Or want to do. 314 01:12:25,943 --> 01:12:30,312 Maneck has also, l think, been accepted into the same school as Avijit. 315 01:13:23,367 --> 01:13:27,497 Everyone is going today. lt's the last chance. There's no other opportunity. 316 01:13:40,718 --> 01:13:44,210 You didn't touch your mother's feet. 317 01:13:57,134 --> 01:13:58,658 Now you can go? 318 01:13:59,937 --> 01:14:02,963 lt's good for her. Her future. 319 01:14:06,944 --> 01:14:07,911 One time. 320 01:14:23,260 --> 01:14:26,957 l only cried a little but my mother was so sad. 321 01:14:39,910 --> 01:14:41,070 Shanti. 322 01:14:43,514 --> 01:14:44,481 Shanti. 323 01:14:52,156 --> 01:14:53,748 Bye, Manik. 324 01:14:58,596 --> 01:15:00,894 Don't cry. Everything is gonna be alright. 325 01:15:06,871 --> 01:15:08,736 They're not coming back anymore 326 01:15:18,983 --> 01:15:21,577 Now l'm going to go live with Ross 327 01:15:43,207 --> 01:15:46,836 There is no way that l'm going to get Avijit's passport... 328 01:15:47,077 --> 01:15:50,069 without someone higher up intervening. 329 01:15:50,714 --> 01:15:53,615 l don't think this kid is going to get a passport. 330 01:15:55,586 --> 01:15:57,747 School thing. His birth certificate. 331 01:15:57,988 --> 01:15:59,717 A letter from student counselor. 332 01:16:00,157 --> 01:16:02,059 A copy of the ration card. 333 01:16:02,059 --> 01:16:03,617 Corrections for the ration card. 334 01:16:03,827 --> 01:16:07,126 Letter from Bob. Letter from World Press Photo. 335 01:16:07,665 --> 01:16:09,724 And an invitation letter for Avijit. 336 01:16:11,068 --> 01:16:13,935 So, if that doesn't do it, then nothing will. 337 01:16:40,764 --> 01:16:43,460 -Avijit, where are you going? -Amsterdam. 338 01:16:44,568 --> 01:16:46,058 -When? -Tomorrow. 339 01:16:47,037 --> 01:16:48,834 -Are you excited? -Yes. 340 01:18:23,834 --> 01:18:25,028 Hold them together. 341 01:18:58,802 --> 01:19:01,862 Avijit returned to Calcutta... 342 01:19:12,616 --> 01:19:18,577 Manik's father would not let him go to school. 343 01:19:30,033 --> 01:19:36,199 Shanti left the Sabera school of her own accord. 344 01:19:38,675 --> 01:19:41,812 Gour still lives at home...