1 00:02:34,010 --> 00:02:36,740 The men who enter our building... 2 00:02:36,946 --> 00:02:38,106 are not so good. 3 00:02:49,659 --> 00:02:52,287 They are drunk. 4 00:02:52,795 --> 00:02:55,355 They come inside and shout and swear. 5 00:02:57,834 --> 00:02:59,736 The women ask me... 6 00:02:59,736 --> 00:03:02,466 "When are you going to join the line?" 7 00:03:02,872 --> 00:03:04,931 They say it won't be long. 8 00:03:17,553 --> 00:03:20,681 lt's almost impossible to photograph in the red light district. 9 00:03:21,557 --> 00:03:23,525 Everyone is terrified of the camera. 10 00:03:23,926 --> 00:03:26,190 They are frightened of being found out. 11 00:03:27,363 --> 00:03:28,955 Everything is illegal. 12 00:03:31,701 --> 00:03:33,896 There's a whole separate society within itself... 13 00:03:34,070 --> 00:03:37,039 l mean, you just walk down that one lane and it's another world. 14 00:03:40,309 --> 00:03:42,174 l knew l couldn't do this as a visitor. 15 00:03:42,345 --> 00:03:45,781 l wanted to stay with them, live with them and understand their lives. 16 00:03:52,855 --> 00:03:55,124 And of course, as soon as l entered the brothels... 17 00:03:55,124 --> 00:03:56,489 l met the children. 18 00:04:41,771 --> 00:04:44,706 The brothels are filled with children, they are everywhere. 19 00:04:45,374 --> 00:04:47,274 And they were so curious. 20 00:04:47,343 --> 00:04:50,779 They didn't understand why this woman had come and what l was doing there. 21 00:04:52,081 --> 00:04:55,073 They were all over me, and l would play with them. 22 00:04:55,151 --> 00:04:57,415 And take their photographs and they would take mine. 23 00:04:58,087 --> 00:05:00,487 They wanted to learn how to use the camera. 24 00:05:01,257 --> 00:05:05,091 That's when l thought it would be really great to teach them... 25 00:05:05,328 --> 00:05:07,956 and to see this World through their eyes. 26 00:05:19,842 --> 00:05:22,834 Kochi is in the class. 27 00:05:23,079 --> 00:05:25,843 She's the quiet type, shy with the camera. 28 00:05:35,758 --> 00:05:40,320 And if Shanti doesn't get her way, she get's mad and runs away. 29 00:05:47,036 --> 00:05:50,301 l like Avijit but he gets upset if someone calls him fat. 30 00:05:57,813 --> 00:05:59,682 And Suchitra... whatever you give her... 31 00:05:59,682 --> 00:06:01,707 she quietly takes it. 32 00:06:01,851 --> 00:06:03,819 She doesn't fight with anyone. 33 00:06:16,532 --> 00:06:19,023 When they beat Manik, he gets mad. 34 00:06:19,835 --> 00:06:22,201 He never bothers anyone. 35 00:06:28,511 --> 00:06:31,947 Gour, if someone calls Gour "garu", "cow" he gets mad. 36 00:06:32,148 --> 00:06:34,343 He picks his teeth all the time. 37 00:06:46,963 --> 00:06:49,056 My name is Puja Mukerjee. 38 00:06:49,265 --> 00:06:51,460 l live in Abinash Kaviraj Lane. 39 00:06:51,701 --> 00:06:53,100 l'm ten years old. 40 00:07:14,223 --> 00:07:17,090 For Geeta Masi upstairs, l do dishes... 41 00:07:17,293 --> 00:07:20,751 l bring tea, do errands. 42 00:07:21,330 --> 00:07:23,230 She gives us money. 43 00:07:25,167 --> 00:07:28,830 l mop twice a day. The porch too. 44 00:07:30,206 --> 00:07:33,698 ln the evenings, if they want, l do shopping. 45 00:07:35,544 --> 00:07:38,748 Until 1 1:00 at night, if they want curry or rice... 46 00:07:38,748 --> 00:07:40,716 l have to get it. 47 00:07:52,595 --> 00:07:54,620 l keep thinking... 48 00:07:54,897 --> 00:07:57,092 if l could... 49 00:07:57,466 --> 00:08:00,094 go some place else... 50 00:08:00,269 --> 00:08:01,930 and get education. 51 00:08:20,790 --> 00:08:23,850 When you hold the camera, take your time to look. 52 00:08:24,060 --> 00:08:25,994 Don't just go like this. 53 00:08:26,495 --> 00:08:28,759 lf it's not right here... 54 00:08:28,831 --> 00:08:30,833 l'll move a little bit... 55 00:08:30,833 --> 00:08:33,267 and make sure everything in the whole square... 56 00:08:33,502 --> 00:08:35,868 looks good and then l'll take the picture. 57 00:08:36,105 --> 00:08:39,734 So just do it more slowly. So l want her to look. 58 00:08:43,913 --> 00:08:47,212 Just today, l took someone's picture and he badmouthed me. 59 00:08:47,416 --> 00:08:51,375 l didn't mind. You really have to put up with a lot... 60 00:08:51,754 --> 00:08:53,517 if you want to learn to do something well. 61 00:09:00,863 --> 00:09:02,398 l never really... 62 00:09:02,398 --> 00:09:04,866 think about being rich. 63 00:09:05,968 --> 00:09:08,232 Even if l was poor... 64 00:09:08,604 --> 00:09:11,368 l would have a happy life. 65 00:09:12,641 --> 00:09:14,734 One has to accept... 66 00:09:14,910 --> 00:09:16,901 life as being... 67 00:09:17,146 --> 00:09:18,948 sad and painful... 68 00:09:18,948 --> 00:09:20,176 that's all. 69 00:09:22,818 --> 00:09:23,910 Pick up the bucket. 70 00:09:24,153 --> 00:09:27,122 You do it. l don't have any more to do. 71 00:09:27,356 --> 00:09:31,019 You selfish fucking bitch. You can't even fetch water properly. 72 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:33,726 Hey, l didn't take your water. 73 00:09:34,263 --> 00:09:37,960 You know how to use your filthy mouth all right. 74 00:09:39,835 --> 00:09:42,065 You worthless little cunt. 75 00:09:44,874 --> 00:09:47,240 Go tell your mother to get fucked. 76 00:09:52,381 --> 00:09:55,017 l have to do something... 77 00:09:55,017 --> 00:09:57,485 with my sewing and photography. 78 00:09:57,853 --> 00:10:01,311 l need to make a living and take care of my sister and me. 79 00:10:38,494 --> 00:10:41,292 People ask me why am l in lndia, why l come and do this work. 80 00:10:41,797 --> 00:10:45,494 There's no rational, logical reason why l do this... 81 00:10:45,734 --> 00:10:48,037 but l feel very connected to the women... 82 00:10:48,037 --> 00:10:50,062 and now their children. 83 00:10:53,542 --> 00:10:54,975 Does she like this one? 84 00:10:55,311 --> 00:10:58,747 She should be able to say why she likes a photo or doesn't like it. 85 00:10:58,814 --> 00:11:00,941 She doesn't have to agree with anyone. 86 00:11:02,017 --> 00:11:05,418 l don't like this one because it's just one head sticking out. 87 00:11:09,258 --> 00:11:12,227 You know what? She's right, it's one head sticking out. 88 00:11:12,461 --> 00:11:14,759 That's why l like it and that's why she doesn't like it. 89 00:11:17,399 --> 00:11:20,469 l like Zana Auntie's class a lot. 90 00:11:20,469 --> 00:11:22,403 l like taking pictures. 91 00:11:27,409 --> 00:11:29,502 Editing pictures... 92 00:11:30,546 --> 00:11:32,537 l only like a little. 93 00:11:33,382 --> 00:11:35,816 l like taking pictures more. 94 00:11:42,791 --> 00:11:45,487 l feel shy taking pictures in public. 95 00:11:47,963 --> 00:11:51,330 People tease us and say mean things. 96 00:11:58,240 --> 00:11:59,901 They say... 97 00:12:00,142 --> 00:12:02,838 "Look at them taking photographs..." 98 00:12:03,112 --> 00:12:05,414 "Who knows where they could have bought... 99 00:12:05,414 --> 00:12:07,939 those cameras from!" 100 00:12:09,351 --> 00:12:11,921 Can you see, Grandma? 101 00:12:11,921 --> 00:12:13,889 Look carefully. 102 00:12:17,026 --> 00:12:18,661 Grandma, please... 103 00:12:18,661 --> 00:12:20,356 look carefully. 104 00:12:20,462 --> 00:12:22,765 Close one eye... 105 00:12:22,765 --> 00:12:24,699 open the other... 106 00:12:25,467 --> 00:12:26,729 and take a look. 107 00:12:27,002 --> 00:12:29,095 -Can you see it now? -Yes. 108 00:12:29,371 --> 00:12:32,670 Sister, let me see. 109 00:12:34,877 --> 00:12:37,175 My God, how beautiful! 110 00:13:19,154 --> 00:13:21,315 This picture is funny to me. 111 00:13:21,523 --> 00:13:24,083 Maybe it's just because l'm a westerner... 112 00:13:24,326 --> 00:13:27,454 but they look like an old married couple holding their twins. 113 00:13:32,434 --> 00:13:34,231 He is like my brother! 114 00:13:34,470 --> 00:13:37,530 No, no way... l'm not going to do anything anymore. 115 00:13:37,773 --> 00:13:39,673 Why are you lying so much? 116 00:13:39,942 --> 00:13:42,775 Avijit keeps teasing me. 117 00:13:42,911 --> 00:13:46,142 lt's a funny photograph because l know that's not true. 118 00:13:48,817 --> 00:13:52,378 ln the photography class, l like to do the selection thing... 119 00:13:52,721 --> 00:13:54,056 like... 120 00:13:54,056 --> 00:13:56,320 l like this one, or that one... 121 00:14:01,296 --> 00:14:04,732 He gets to run around taking pictures. 122 00:14:05,401 --> 00:14:08,734 But our parents don't let me go anywhere. 123 00:14:12,241 --> 00:14:14,300 He beats me up all the time... 124 00:14:15,310 --> 00:14:17,710 -Why? -l don't know. l don't do anything... 125 00:14:17,780 --> 00:14:20,749 He punches me if l touch his kites. 126 00:14:21,817 --> 00:14:24,820 And what if you get separated from Manik... 127 00:14:24,820 --> 00:14:26,947 would that be okay? 128 00:14:27,189 --> 00:14:28,417 Yes. 129 00:14:28,857 --> 00:14:31,121 When l was taking this picture... 130 00:14:31,393 --> 00:14:34,419 Shanti came and put her hand in front of the light... 131 00:14:34,830 --> 00:14:37,355 and so her hand came into the picture. 132 00:14:47,276 --> 00:14:50,404 Dad, they tore up one of my kites. 133 00:14:52,448 --> 00:14:54,383 When l was little... 134 00:14:54,383 --> 00:14:57,409 the police used to take my mom. 135 00:14:57,820 --> 00:15:00,721 My dad would take me to the court to get her. 136 00:15:00,789 --> 00:15:04,885 They'd ask her: "Are you going to do it again?" 137 00:15:05,127 --> 00:15:07,029 She'd say no. 138 00:15:07,029 --> 00:15:09,122 Then they'd let her go. 139 00:15:11,233 --> 00:15:15,329 My mom is very worried about Shanti's future. 140 00:15:16,772 --> 00:15:19,206 ln our room... 141 00:15:19,308 --> 00:15:21,674 there is a rod... 142 00:15:21,877 --> 00:15:24,607 and from there we close the curtain... 143 00:15:24,947 --> 00:15:27,108 that way we don't see anything that's going on. 144 00:15:29,852 --> 00:15:31,754 When my mom works in the room... 145 00:15:31,754 --> 00:15:33,585 we go up on the roof and play there. 146 00:15:44,299 --> 00:15:47,564 lt's a lot better to fly a kite in the evening. 147 00:16:41,824 --> 00:16:44,349 l live here with my grandmother... 148 00:16:46,361 --> 00:16:49,990 because my mother can't take care of me. 149 00:16:52,534 --> 00:16:55,162 My father tried to sell me. 150 00:16:56,872 --> 00:17:01,707 lf my sister didn't come to get me, my father would have sold me. 151 00:17:07,182 --> 00:17:10,640 l worry that l might become like them. 152 00:17:28,303 --> 00:17:31,363 Kochi is very shy and demure. 153 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:34,841 So if somebody is gonna force her into prostitution she's not going to say no. 154 00:17:34,910 --> 00:17:36,844 She's never said no in her life. 155 00:17:37,746 --> 00:17:40,874 So you can imagine what's going to happen to her very soon. 156 00:17:46,889 --> 00:17:50,256 The children ask me for help. They ask for it all the time. 157 00:17:51,026 --> 00:17:53,494 And it's heartbreaking, there's so little l can do... 158 00:17:53,629 --> 00:17:55,358 all l can do is try. 159 00:17:58,901 --> 00:18:01,461 Why do you want to put her in our boarding school? 160 00:18:01,904 --> 00:18:04,737 Kochi has a very hard life. 161 00:18:04,806 --> 00:18:08,799 From 4 o'clock in the morning, she works with me cleaning houses. 162 00:18:08,911 --> 00:18:12,005 She works so hard that she doesn't even have time to rest. 163 00:18:12,281 --> 00:18:16,081 But now she makes some money cleaning houses. 164 00:18:16,318 --> 00:18:19,810 lf she gets into the home. 165 00:18:19,888 --> 00:18:22,755 that money won't be there anymore. 166 00:18:23,625 --> 00:18:25,718 Yes, true... 167 00:18:27,129 --> 00:18:29,495 but l'll manage it somehow. 168 00:18:30,132 --> 00:18:32,225 Why did you bring her in and not her mother? 169 00:18:32,367 --> 00:18:34,460 She's sitting right over there. 170 00:18:36,805 --> 00:18:38,073 There's... 171 00:18:38,073 --> 00:18:40,803 no problem with her mother... 172 00:18:41,076 --> 00:18:43,135 just that she's temperamental. 173 00:18:43,378 --> 00:18:46,438 She's lost six sons, her husband died too. 174 00:18:46,782 --> 00:18:49,751 She tried to kill herself by jumping off the Howrah Bridge. 175 00:18:49,818 --> 00:18:53,845 Since then, she doesn't behave normally. 176 00:18:54,056 --> 00:18:55,751 Was there any treatment for her? 177 00:18:55,824 --> 00:18:59,260 Yes, there was, but they said she has emotional problems. 178 00:18:59,494 --> 00:19:02,122 Maybe it will get better over time. 179 00:19:02,664 --> 00:19:04,499 So, you want to admit Kochi in the boarding school... 180 00:19:04,499 --> 00:19:05,488 Yes. 181 00:19:05,934 --> 00:19:09,267 Yes, l want Kochi to fill in the application... 182 00:19:09,771 --> 00:19:13,138 and l want her to go to the boarding school and study. 183 00:19:14,409 --> 00:19:16,206 lt would be good if she could study. 184 00:19:17,346 --> 00:19:19,837 But we have certain rules and regulations over here... 185 00:19:19,915 --> 00:19:21,416 l can't... 186 00:19:21,416 --> 00:19:23,043 promise anything. 187 00:19:23,518 --> 00:19:27,113 But we'll take in the application. 188 00:19:27,589 --> 00:19:31,286 We need three copies of her photograph... 189 00:19:31,526 --> 00:19:33,628 passport size... 190 00:19:33,628 --> 00:19:35,789 and the grades from her school. 191 00:19:40,736 --> 00:19:41,998 Babu... 192 00:19:42,237 --> 00:19:47,004 finding her papers without her brother's help is difficult. 193 00:20:10,465 --> 00:20:13,332 l have eaten and l will throw up! 194 00:20:13,568 --> 00:20:15,035 Move! 195 00:20:16,772 --> 00:20:19,297 You're taking them on a visit to the zoo? 196 00:20:23,111 --> 00:20:25,136 Son of a swine, sit! 197 00:20:26,782 --> 00:20:29,046 Avijit won't let me sit in his lap. 198 00:20:30,118 --> 00:20:34,179 This is even hurting me! Riding like this tends to hurt. 199 00:20:36,925 --> 00:20:37,993 Wow! 200 00:20:37,993 --> 00:20:39,324 Look that building! 201 00:20:44,900 --> 00:20:47,198 l'm gonna take a picture to. 202 00:20:52,841 --> 00:20:55,969 Faster, faster. They're going to beat us! 203 00:21:08,323 --> 00:21:11,087 Why don't you go faster? You're going so slowly! 204 00:21:39,921 --> 00:21:41,684 Am l doing it right? 205 00:22:18,827 --> 00:22:22,456 The animals in the zoo are shut in their cages... 206 00:22:23,365 --> 00:22:26,892 they are fed only once a day, and that too just a little. 207 00:22:41,583 --> 00:22:43,418 The elephant is running towards us. 208 00:22:43,418 --> 00:22:44,282 He must be hungry. 209 00:22:45,120 --> 00:22:48,351 People feed them plastic bags. 210 00:22:49,191 --> 00:22:50,692 The animals don't know. 211 00:22:50,692 --> 00:22:52,853 They think it's food and eat it up... 212 00:22:53,128 --> 00:22:55,221 which is harmful for their health. 213 00:23:38,306 --> 00:23:40,501 You shot two rolls of film which is very good. 214 00:23:40,742 --> 00:23:44,041 But the pictures all came out blank which was not very good. 215 00:23:44,779 --> 00:23:47,407 -Why? -Because you went out at night, right? 216 00:23:49,351 --> 00:23:50,418 You should know by now... 217 00:23:50,418 --> 00:23:54,787 you can't shoot at night without a flash. 218 00:23:55,290 --> 00:23:56,848 l had absolutely forgotten. 219 00:23:58,760 --> 00:24:00,061 What are they doing? 220 00:24:00,061 --> 00:24:01,756 They're carrying a dead man to the graveyard... 221 00:24:02,163 --> 00:24:05,690 when you pass away, l'll carry you just like that. 222 00:24:08,036 --> 00:24:09,971 Yeah, right. You'll die way before me! 223 00:24:09,971 --> 00:24:11,438 No, l won't! 224 00:24:28,423 --> 00:24:31,119 One day, l opened the camera and the whole roll got burnt... 225 00:24:31,192 --> 00:24:33,057 so l don't open it anymore. 226 00:24:38,967 --> 00:24:41,458 She's really good at photographing on the street... 227 00:24:41,703 --> 00:24:44,228 and no one has really done that in her neighborhood. 228 00:24:44,472 --> 00:24:47,709 Like outside her house. And she's very bold. 229 00:24:47,709 --> 00:24:50,177 Tell her that you know how people get angry on the street... 230 00:24:50,312 --> 00:24:52,780 but she's so bold she gets away with it. 231 00:24:52,947 --> 00:24:54,778 She's one of the few people in the class. 232 00:24:54,883 --> 00:24:56,817 Generally, people get angry if shots are taken on the roads. 233 00:24:56,885 --> 00:24:58,944 No, nobody gets mad at me. 234 00:25:00,355 --> 00:25:03,085 Yeah, because she is very strong. 235 00:25:03,792 --> 00:25:07,489 One girl got mad and said: "Why did you take my picture?" 236 00:25:07,729 --> 00:25:11,426 She tore up her picture and said: "Give me the negative!" 237 00:25:11,499 --> 00:25:13,729 l said: "Heck, no negatives". 238 00:25:13,802 --> 00:25:15,997 Then l walked away, she said nothing. 239 00:25:17,572 --> 00:25:20,803 The greatgrandmother, the grandmother the mother are prostitutes... 240 00:25:21,076 --> 00:25:22,976 but they have better surroundings. 241 00:25:23,078 --> 00:25:25,911 lt's a Brahman family, they're very sort of regal... 242 00:25:26,081 --> 00:25:28,049 because she eats well, she's dressed well... 243 00:25:28,216 --> 00:25:29,945 she's not obviously poor... 244 00:25:30,185 --> 00:25:32,085 but she's heading for prostitution. 245 00:25:35,490 --> 00:25:37,082 Pest of a bird. 246 00:25:37,792 --> 00:25:39,316 ls she always this quiet? 247 00:25:39,394 --> 00:25:41,362 Quiet? My God! 248 00:25:41,896 --> 00:25:43,363 She never listens to me. 249 00:25:44,499 --> 00:25:45,989 She never listens to me. 250 00:25:46,735 --> 00:25:48,362 My mother is lying a lot. 251 00:25:51,306 --> 00:25:52,774 She said her mom is lying. 252 00:25:52,774 --> 00:25:54,142 Just ask my grandmother. 253 00:25:54,142 --> 00:25:55,977 She's asked to ask her grandmother. 254 00:25:55,977 --> 00:25:57,278 Oh my God... 255 00:25:57,278 --> 00:25:59,746 how much has to be done! 256 00:26:00,782 --> 00:26:02,851 My voice will crack... 257 00:26:02,851 --> 00:26:04,978 and hands will ache. 258 00:26:09,157 --> 00:26:12,888 l like the way Puja behaves. 259 00:26:13,027 --> 00:26:17,157 Whenever she eats something, she shares it with others. 260 00:26:17,298 --> 00:26:19,095 You don't even have to ask. 261 00:26:20,068 --> 00:26:25,335 One day, l went to Puja's house and saw her dad beating up her mom. 262 00:26:25,707 --> 00:26:27,470 l asked Puja about it... 263 00:26:27,809 --> 00:26:29,010 She said... 264 00:26:29,010 --> 00:26:32,741 "My mom didn't give money to my dad for his drinking... 265 00:26:32,981 --> 00:26:36,007 so he beat her". 266 00:26:37,519 --> 00:26:42,752 l wish l could take Puja away from here. 267 00:26:42,824 --> 00:26:45,452 When she grows up, she'll end up on the streets. 268 00:26:45,693 --> 00:26:50,289 She'll do drugs and snatch people's money. 269 00:27:06,681 --> 00:27:07,648 lt's my picture. 270 00:27:07,715 --> 00:27:09,478 Why do you think it is yours? 271 00:27:09,818 --> 00:27:11,149 lt was taken with my camera. 272 00:27:11,219 --> 00:27:13,551 l know! But just because it's your camera... 273 00:27:13,621 --> 00:27:15,680 doesn't mean it's your photo. 274 00:27:19,360 --> 00:27:22,727 A composition means how you put shapes into the box. 275 00:27:23,031 --> 00:27:24,692 The lines of a picture. 276 00:27:24,966 --> 00:27:27,696 These are all very, very good compositions. 277 00:27:28,937 --> 00:27:31,139 You can see everything that is going on around. 278 00:27:31,139 --> 00:27:33,232 There's so much information in this picture. 279 00:27:33,341 --> 00:27:35,332 There's layers of people in the foreground... 280 00:27:35,543 --> 00:27:38,103 middle, back... and it's just a beautiful photograph. 281 00:27:43,751 --> 00:27:44,809 Suchitra! 282 00:27:45,153 --> 00:27:46,814 Tell us about your picture. 283 00:27:48,790 --> 00:27:51,315 This is my friend's sister. 284 00:27:51,793 --> 00:27:55,229 One day, she was drying clothes on the terrace... 285 00:27:55,830 --> 00:27:57,957 she asked me to take her photo... 286 00:27:58,199 --> 00:28:00,133 so l got irritated and took the picture. 287 00:28:04,906 --> 00:28:06,931 Suchitra's mother is dead. 288 00:28:08,543 --> 00:28:12,843 But her aunt wants to send her to Bombay to work "in the line". 289 00:28:14,849 --> 00:28:17,409 She's talked to me about it many times... 290 00:28:17,819 --> 00:28:20,185 and asked me not to tell anyone. 291 00:28:24,893 --> 00:28:27,487 l know about her family... 292 00:28:29,030 --> 00:28:32,090 she has pressure on her. 293 00:28:32,300 --> 00:28:34,894 All the girls in Suchitra's house are in the line. 294 00:28:34,969 --> 00:28:37,802 That's why she never goes. 295 00:28:37,872 --> 00:28:41,968 Suchitra's aunt will put her in the line because she'll make money on her. 296 00:28:42,944 --> 00:28:45,936 Do you see any solution to all this? 297 00:28:49,384 --> 00:28:50,316 No. 298 00:29:34,362 --> 00:29:37,456 One of the girls was already married off at age 1 1. 299 00:29:37,932 --> 00:29:40,696 Another was forced into prostitution at age 1 4. 300 00:29:40,902 --> 00:29:42,335 These are all my students. 301 00:29:42,437 --> 00:29:45,531 They have absolutely no opportunity without education. 302 00:29:47,542 --> 00:29:49,874 The question is can l find a school? A good school... 303 00:29:50,011 --> 00:29:53,777 that will take kids that are children of prostitutes. 304 00:30:03,758 --> 00:30:06,694 l'm totally independent. l've been living and working... 305 00:30:06,694 --> 00:30:09,686 in the red light district in North Calcutta for a number of years. 306 00:30:09,764 --> 00:30:12,858 -Which red light district? -Ramagana Sonogachi. 307 00:30:13,334 --> 00:30:15,336 Where you've been living for a number of years? 308 00:30:15,336 --> 00:30:18,873 On and off, so l've been teaching well. Basically. 309 00:30:18,873 --> 00:30:22,206 l'm a photographer and l've been photographing the lives of the women... 310 00:30:22,276 --> 00:30:23,971 and l got very close to the children... 311 00:30:24,078 --> 00:30:26,876 and l started teaching them photography two years ago. 312 00:30:27,048 --> 00:30:29,150 There's one group l'm very close to... 313 00:30:29,150 --> 00:30:31,345 and l'm trying to get them out of the brothels. 314 00:30:31,786 --> 00:30:34,522 Trying to find schools, good schools for them, but... 315 00:30:34,522 --> 00:30:36,524 l'm looking for a boarding school... 316 00:30:36,524 --> 00:30:39,049 cause otherwise they go back to the red light district and then... 317 00:30:39,127 --> 00:30:41,687 One of the girls was already forced into prostitution. 318 00:30:42,163 --> 00:30:44,198 These kids want to be out of there. 319 00:30:44,198 --> 00:30:46,496 Are there any boarding schools that will take them? 320 00:30:46,701 --> 00:30:49,693 Cause l found that people don't want to deal with children of sex workers. 321 00:30:49,904 --> 00:30:52,737 No place is the right place. Nobody will take them. 322 00:30:52,974 --> 00:30:54,100 Who will take them? 323 00:31:51,766 --> 00:31:53,334 l take pictures to show... 324 00:31:53,334 --> 00:31:55,359 how people in this city live. 325 00:31:57,071 --> 00:32:00,199 People here live in chaos. 326 00:32:03,244 --> 00:32:03,845 ln the village... 327 00:32:03,845 --> 00:32:07,804 people may have a mud house, but they are happy. 328 00:32:09,150 --> 00:32:12,779 Nobody lives as filthily as we do in our country. 329 00:32:14,789 --> 00:32:17,815 Wherever there are dirty plates, we find shoes right next to them. 330 00:32:17,892 --> 00:32:20,452 ln no other country have l seen this. 331 00:32:21,829 --> 00:32:23,820 That is why l like photography... 332 00:32:23,898 --> 00:32:26,366 l want to put across the behavior of man. 333 00:32:27,769 --> 00:32:31,102 Whose pictures do you think are better, yours or Manik's? 334 00:32:32,373 --> 00:32:33,772 Avijit's. 335 00:32:42,850 --> 00:32:45,045 When a camera is in my hands... 336 00:32:45,486 --> 00:32:48,284 l can take a picture of someone... 337 00:32:48,489 --> 00:32:51,117 who has gone away, died or been lost. 338 00:32:51,359 --> 00:32:53,759 And have something that l'll be able to look at... 339 00:32:53,828 --> 00:32:55,887 for the rest of my life. 340 00:33:02,236 --> 00:33:04,101 l like to draw pictures... 341 00:33:04,372 --> 00:33:08,035 because l want to express what's on my mind. 342 00:33:11,045 --> 00:33:15,778 l want to put my thoughts into colors. 343 00:33:18,553 --> 00:33:22,182 Come and see all that my grandson has won because of his paintings. 344 00:33:22,456 --> 00:33:24,856 This one is full. The box below is full. 345 00:33:24,926 --> 00:33:27,895 All these boxes are full of awards that he has won. 346 00:33:30,231 --> 00:33:32,358 He has drawn and won everything. 347 00:33:33,801 --> 00:33:37,737 When he was small... lt's a picture of that time. 348 00:33:40,007 --> 00:33:42,737 Avijit's picture as a baby. 349 00:33:44,812 --> 00:33:47,713 l love this, because it's a self portrait... 350 00:33:47,982 --> 00:33:50,007 but you can also see the street. 351 00:33:50,284 --> 00:33:51,876 You can see the environment where he is. 352 00:33:52,186 --> 00:33:56,316 He's just got so many different kinds of pictures on this one contact sheet. 353 00:33:56,524 --> 00:33:59,721 And the details here, the windows, the shutters and wires. 354 00:34:00,394 --> 00:34:03,727 So many different angles, and things in the foreground, and background... 355 00:34:03,798 --> 00:34:06,289 and men sleeping and walking and everything. 356 00:34:06,834 --> 00:34:09,098 Just a very good contact sheet. 357 00:34:11,906 --> 00:34:14,397 ln our room, liquor is sold... 358 00:34:15,176 --> 00:34:17,041 almost first thing in the morning. 359 00:34:19,547 --> 00:34:22,710 The men drink and then go to the girls... 360 00:34:23,351 --> 00:34:26,252 give them some money, and spend time with them. 361 00:34:28,022 --> 00:34:30,786 Some men drink and don't pay. 362 00:34:32,894 --> 00:34:35,886 Then l have to go after them and be mean... 363 00:34:37,765 --> 00:34:39,960 because that's all we have. 364 00:34:46,407 --> 00:34:48,705 My father's name is Sunil Halder... 365 00:34:49,076 --> 00:34:51,408 and he is almost forty. 366 00:34:54,148 --> 00:34:57,379 When l was two, he married my mother, and at that point... 367 00:34:57,485 --> 00:34:59,817 another man got my father addicted to smoking hash. 368 00:35:01,923 --> 00:35:03,788 At the time... 369 00:35:04,025 --> 00:35:08,155 a man got my father adicted to hashish. 370 00:35:10,731 --> 00:35:12,722 ln the past... 371 00:35:14,802 --> 00:35:19,705 my father was a very good man. 372 00:35:20,508 --> 00:35:22,703 He used to be very fat... 373 00:35:22,810 --> 00:35:25,973 and he could easily beat up two men at one time. 374 00:35:26,247 --> 00:35:27,737 He was well known and even now... 375 00:35:27,815 --> 00:35:29,750 if his name is mentioned in the Bazaar... 376 00:35:29,750 --> 00:35:31,183 people recognize him. 377 00:35:31,419 --> 00:35:35,480 But now, my mother has left and he just smokes all day. 378 00:35:38,526 --> 00:35:41,757 That is why nobody pays attention to my father. 379 00:35:43,331 --> 00:35:44,730 But even then... 380 00:35:44,966 --> 00:35:47,935 l try to love him a little. 381 00:35:58,946 --> 00:36:01,073 My mom lives in the village. 382 00:36:01,482 --> 00:36:04,110 Nobody cares about her. 383 00:36:09,090 --> 00:36:12,457 My mom used to say jokingly... 384 00:36:12,727 --> 00:36:16,060 "l'm going to send you to London to study". 385 00:36:16,297 --> 00:36:21,257 We don't have the money to live, let alone for studies. 386 00:37:01,976 --> 00:37:03,841 Hurry up. The bus is here. 387 00:37:05,079 --> 00:37:06,740 Hurry. Everyone's waiting. 388 00:37:07,581 --> 00:37:09,481 l've been waiting for such a long time. 389 00:37:13,087 --> 00:37:15,783 Can l sit by the window? l want to take pictures. 390 00:37:15,856 --> 00:37:16,914 Everybody is finally here. We can leave. 391 00:37:17,858 --> 00:37:19,985 -We're leaving. Let's go! -One minute! 392 00:37:20,061 --> 00:37:21,688 One minute. One minute. 393 00:37:21,796 --> 00:37:23,195 One minute. One minute. 394 00:37:23,397 --> 00:37:27,060 Could you ask everyone if they've got their cameras cause l don't see them all. 395 00:37:28,335 --> 00:37:29,165 Okay. 396 00:37:34,775 --> 00:37:36,037 We're leaving. 397 00:38:31,031 --> 00:38:32,089 Look at the water! 398 00:38:32,399 --> 00:38:33,866 There are animals there. 399 00:39:50,878 --> 00:39:52,402 Look at the ocean! 400 00:39:53,480 --> 00:39:54,777 Gour! 401 00:39:55,416 --> 00:39:57,475 lt's you and me! 402 00:40:09,730 --> 00:40:12,290 A big one is coming! 403 00:40:18,439 --> 00:40:21,704 This time we're gonna get wet. 404 00:41:14,862 --> 00:41:16,090 Take a picture of me. 405 00:41:34,214 --> 00:41:36,842 Look at the sky. The moon! 406 00:44:19,913 --> 00:44:21,312 Let me go! 407 00:44:21,915 --> 00:44:23,246 Let me go! 408 00:44:27,187 --> 00:44:28,484 Let me go! 409 00:44:28,889 --> 00:44:32,188 Beat that son of a bitch. Beat the son of a cunt fucking bitch. 410 00:44:32,459 --> 00:44:33,790 Oh God! 411 00:44:35,896 --> 00:44:39,957 You aren't the only one who's brought up kids. 412 00:44:40,734 --> 00:44:42,827 Naked fucking whore... 413 00:44:42,903 --> 00:44:46,304 giving out all the time in your room. 414 00:44:46,473 --> 00:44:48,703 l'll have you and fucking Latka thrown out! 415 00:44:49,009 --> 00:44:53,275 Acting the part of a butt fucking saintly wife! 416 00:44:53,780 --> 00:44:56,476 lf we are sluts, what are you? 417 00:44:56,783 --> 00:44:59,718 You are twice the sluts we are. 418 00:44:59,953 --> 00:45:01,386 Do you hear me... 419 00:45:01,822 --> 00:45:04,723 or do you have a dick in your ear? 420 00:45:05,092 --> 00:45:08,892 You fucked your son and your grandson. 421 00:45:09,263 --> 00:45:11,128 Go and fuck your ass. 422 00:45:11,765 --> 00:45:14,325 l'll give it to the motherfucker. 423 00:45:15,802 --> 00:45:19,795 You get angry at him and take it out on us. 424 00:45:21,975 --> 00:45:22,964 Get over here. 425 00:45:25,245 --> 00:45:29,739 Pretending to be saintly in Sonagachi! 426 00:45:36,456 --> 00:45:39,391 l'm not a social worker. l'm not a teacher, even. 427 00:45:39,793 --> 00:45:42,956 That's my fear, you know, that l really can't do anything. 428 00:45:43,063 --> 00:45:46,829 And that even helping them to get an education is not going to do anything. 429 00:45:47,034 --> 00:45:49,298 But without help, they're doomed. 430 00:45:52,806 --> 00:45:56,037 l can try to find a boarding school for you... 431 00:45:56,310 --> 00:45:58,005 but you will have to study. 432 00:45:58,211 --> 00:46:00,975 He never studies. He only plays with his kites. 433 00:46:02,816 --> 00:46:04,875 So do you want to go to a boarding school? 434 00:46:07,154 --> 00:46:09,679 Do you want to go to a better school? 435 00:46:11,358 --> 00:46:15,317 You'll have to work hard and improve your grades. 436 00:46:27,441 --> 00:46:31,036 We're going to go and find out exactly what we need for the school applications. 437 00:46:31,745 --> 00:46:34,942 l've got the original birth certificates, Xeroxes of the birth certificates. 438 00:46:35,182 --> 00:46:39,243 The reason this is so difficult is cause their parents cannot be criminals. 439 00:46:39,686 --> 00:46:41,313 And their parents are all criminals. 440 00:46:41,722 --> 00:46:45,158 They're all prostitutes, dealing drugs, selling alcohol illegally. 441 00:46:45,726 --> 00:46:46,784 l don't understand, you know. 442 00:46:46,860 --> 00:46:49,192 Everyday. Come tomorrow, it will be done. 443 00:46:49,863 --> 00:46:52,855 You said it would be done today. You promised it would be done today. 444 00:46:53,266 --> 00:46:57,225 You promised it would be done last Tuesday. You can't put a stamp on this? 445 00:46:59,106 --> 00:47:01,666 -What is his father's name? -Sunil. 446 00:47:02,376 --> 00:47:06,335 He spells it with a "V". lt's on his birth certificate as a "V". 447 00:47:06,980 --> 00:47:09,414 The original ration card says "V". 448 00:47:10,450 --> 00:47:11,815 V. l. 449 00:47:14,221 --> 00:47:16,121 Aiy, V. l. V. V. 450 00:47:17,290 --> 00:47:21,750 First you have to make an application saying that l lost my card. 451 00:47:22,663 --> 00:47:26,258 Take it to the Ration Officer at Amherst Street, Calcutta. 452 00:47:26,900 --> 00:47:30,996 Then he will forward you a letter after putting a stamp on it. 453 00:47:32,205 --> 00:47:35,800 Then you make another report and take it to the police. 454 00:47:35,976 --> 00:47:39,776 Once it is brought back here, you will be given another form. 455 00:47:44,418 --> 00:47:48,514 Then fill that form in and bring it back to this office. 456 00:47:50,023 --> 00:47:53,390 l just wanna know how long it's supposed to take once you have all this stuff. 457 00:47:56,163 --> 00:47:57,790 Seven days to a month. 458 00:47:58,765 --> 00:48:00,995 l could kill this ration guy. 459 00:48:21,988 --> 00:48:24,354 So now you die here, stupid! Die, die. 460 00:48:26,827 --> 00:48:28,761 She always has to get her way. 461 00:49:02,028 --> 00:49:05,555 So l need to go over everything that they need because l don't, l don't... 462 00:49:05,665 --> 00:49:08,691 -Yeah, birth certificates. -l have birth certificates. 463 00:49:10,771 --> 00:49:12,762 And ration cards. 464 00:49:12,906 --> 00:49:16,569 They don't, l mean, if l have to go to that ration card office again... 465 00:49:16,810 --> 00:49:19,301 l think l'll just jump off a bridge. 466 00:49:20,480 --> 00:49:22,243 Oh my God. l've already... 467 00:49:23,817 --> 00:49:24,749 Okay. 468 00:49:25,519 --> 00:49:27,783 Medical certificate, some sort of medical certificate. 469 00:49:27,854 --> 00:49:29,845 Are they HlV positive? 470 00:49:30,524 --> 00:49:31,548 l have no idea. 471 00:49:31,892 --> 00:49:34,793 Do you think it would be possible that they might be carriers? 472 00:49:34,861 --> 00:49:38,228 Yes, definitely. lt's clearly possible, l don't know. 473 00:49:38,698 --> 00:49:41,098 l mean, l'll do it, if you want, but l don't know. 474 00:49:41,234 --> 00:49:44,067 Just get a medical certification. 475 00:49:45,005 --> 00:49:47,132 So l'll have to take them to the doctor. 476 00:49:53,814 --> 00:49:55,782 Kianti: bad news. 477 00:49:56,783 --> 00:49:58,375 Potentially devastating news. 478 00:49:59,252 --> 00:50:03,018 She called and she said that the medical tests are compulsory... 479 00:50:03,256 --> 00:50:06,714 and they can't move ahead until l have the results of the HlV tests. 480 00:50:06,793 --> 00:50:08,954 And that if they have HlV, they won't take them. 481 00:50:15,202 --> 00:50:17,033 -You'll just take a little blood, right? -Yes... 482 00:50:17,103 --> 00:50:18,798 you won't even notice. 483 00:50:20,173 --> 00:50:21,765 Like an ant bite? 484 00:50:21,842 --> 00:50:24,106 Not even an ant bite. 485 00:50:26,980 --> 00:50:28,538 lnjections, God. 486 00:50:30,383 --> 00:50:32,977 -l don't like shots. -lt won't hurt... 487 00:50:34,588 --> 00:50:36,749 Just like an ant bite. Like candy. 488 00:50:36,823 --> 00:50:38,882 Yeah, right, just like candy. 489 00:50:50,070 --> 00:50:52,834 Now l'm gonna tie the band. 490 00:50:53,273 --> 00:50:56,333 -ls it tight? lt has to be. Does it hurt? -A little bit. 491 00:50:58,311 --> 00:51:01,371 -lt hurts! -No no, it won't hurt at all. 492 00:51:02,482 --> 00:51:03,881 lt is hurting! 493 00:51:11,024 --> 00:51:12,958 Let's see this vein. 494 00:51:13,326 --> 00:51:14,486 l'm afraid. 495 00:51:25,538 --> 00:51:27,096 Take it easy. We're done. 496 00:51:29,509 --> 00:51:30,533 Perfect. 497 00:51:30,911 --> 00:51:31,900 That's it. 498 00:51:32,512 --> 00:51:33,740 Very good. 499 00:51:33,813 --> 00:51:37,044 Keep your arm like this and hold it tight. 500 00:51:43,256 --> 00:51:45,690 Good news. They're all negative. 501 00:51:48,762 --> 00:51:49,786 Very happy. 502 00:52:25,999 --> 00:52:30,527 Does her mother have to tell her to work? 503 00:52:31,471 --> 00:52:34,269 l'll throw you out, you little bitch. 504 00:52:36,309 --> 00:52:41,881 l like her, but sometimes she says such mean things. 505 00:52:41,881 --> 00:52:44,873 But l don't care. After all, she's my mother. 506 00:52:50,290 --> 00:52:53,851 l know what she does for work... 507 00:52:54,127 --> 00:52:56,891 and l feel bad talking about these things. 508 00:53:00,734 --> 00:53:03,498 l don't want to say it, but the more l'm growing up... 509 00:53:03,803 --> 00:53:07,261 the older Ma is getting. 510 00:53:08,842 --> 00:53:11,208 She'll pass away someday. 511 00:53:11,478 --> 00:53:14,311 l have a small sister. l'll have to take care of her. 512 00:53:14,914 --> 00:53:18,816 My sister has taken four pictures like this. 513 00:54:04,731 --> 00:54:06,722 Right now, l'm looking for grant money. 514 00:54:06,800 --> 00:54:08,734 My goal now is, l mean, is to teach them... 515 00:54:08,935 --> 00:54:11,995 but also to raise money for them using their own photography... 516 00:54:12,772 --> 00:54:15,969 selling their photographs to raise money for them. 517 00:54:17,377 --> 00:54:20,938 Amnesty lnternational is going to use the kids'photos for their calendar. 518 00:54:21,247 --> 00:54:23,738 And the photos are being auctioned at Sotheby's. 519 00:54:25,785 --> 00:54:28,253 The whole point of this is to get the kids out of the brothels. 520 00:54:34,094 --> 00:54:35,322 lt's Shantis photograph. 521 00:54:54,481 --> 00:54:57,143 l don't know if you know Robert Pledge from contact Press lmages... 522 00:54:57,250 --> 00:54:59,650 but he's come out to teach the kids. 523 00:54:59,752 --> 00:55:02,084 He runs a pretty major photo agency in New York City. 524 00:55:02,856 --> 00:55:06,451 He's become very involved in the project, and very supportive. 525 00:55:07,827 --> 00:55:11,763 Can you all look here and tell me if there are other pictures... 526 00:55:11,865 --> 00:55:15,801 in this series that any one of you like particularly. 527 00:55:18,771 --> 00:55:20,033 -And uh... -Sorry. 528 00:55:20,840 --> 00:55:25,709 When l first saw this picture it was very strange because... 529 00:55:25,812 --> 00:55:29,805 The tone of the sky has almost joined with the tone of the real paper. 530 00:55:30,083 --> 00:55:33,849 lt looks like the body starts from the top of the paper... 531 00:55:34,454 --> 00:55:39,221 Almost as if the top half of her body didn't really exist! 532 00:55:39,826 --> 00:55:42,260 So l was very surprised when l saw it... 533 00:55:43,263 --> 00:55:45,060 for the first time. 534 00:55:49,802 --> 00:55:52,032 Avijit is very, very exceptional. 535 00:55:52,472 --> 00:55:53,803 Very special. 536 00:55:54,040 --> 00:55:56,873 He has a natural talent. And... 537 00:55:57,143 --> 00:56:01,944 this organization in Holland, called the World Press Photo Foundation... 538 00:56:02,815 --> 00:56:06,751 every year invites nine children from all over the world... 539 00:56:07,453 --> 00:56:10,013 to come and spend one week in Amsterdam... 540 00:56:10,390 --> 00:56:12,290 and look at photographs... 541 00:56:12,825 --> 00:56:15,988 that are made by 4,000 photographers all over the world. 542 00:56:16,296 --> 00:56:19,322 And one of our ideas is to get... 543 00:56:19,766 --> 00:56:23,827 Avijit to come and be the child photographer from lndia... 544 00:56:23,903 --> 00:56:27,703 to be present at this show. And this is a very special thing. 545 00:56:28,007 --> 00:56:31,272 As a grandmother, you should feel very happy and very proud. 546 00:56:36,149 --> 00:56:38,344 lf you are pleased, so are we. 547 00:56:38,952 --> 00:56:43,446 So far we've had two exhibitions in NY, but you haven't been able to be there. 548 00:56:43,723 --> 00:56:44,224 So... 549 00:56:44,224 --> 00:56:47,751 l've organized an exhibition at the Oxford bookstore on Park Street... 550 00:56:48,228 --> 00:56:49,786 of your photographs. 551 00:56:50,029 --> 00:56:52,088 Only of your photographs. And... 552 00:56:52,899 --> 00:56:55,265 So you will all be the guests of honor. 553 00:56:55,868 --> 00:56:58,166 You're mothers are invited as well, so all of your... 554 00:56:58,304 --> 00:57:01,467 Ma can't come, she has to cook. 555 00:57:02,809 --> 00:57:04,037 What is it? 556 00:57:04,844 --> 00:57:07,108 An invitation to the exhibition. 557 00:57:09,782 --> 00:57:11,716 Who is the second one for? Mother? 558 00:57:11,951 --> 00:57:13,748 Mother can't go. 559 00:57:14,420 --> 00:57:15,887 Because of the baby. 560 00:57:16,422 --> 00:57:18,185 Will Tapasi have to go? 561 00:57:18,725 --> 00:57:21,717 lf anybody looks after the baby, they want 10 rupees. 562 00:57:22,328 --> 00:57:24,159 We don't have it. 563 00:57:24,330 --> 00:57:26,491 Nobody here understands anything but money. 564 00:57:27,400 --> 00:57:30,267 Every morning l read just one palm, not all day. 565 00:57:30,403 --> 00:57:32,803 Do mine, do mine! 566 00:57:33,740 --> 00:57:35,833 Will l get a lot of money? 567 00:57:44,050 --> 00:57:46,883 No, money will not remain with you. 568 00:57:52,325 --> 00:57:53,724 Look at his hair! 569 00:57:55,828 --> 00:57:57,159 There it is! 570 00:57:57,563 --> 00:57:59,758 Oh, they're all here. Amazing. 571 00:57:59,832 --> 00:58:02,767 -How are you? -l am very well, thank you. How are you? 572 00:58:04,537 --> 00:58:06,767 ln yesterday's newspaper... 573 00:58:07,140 --> 00:58:08,869 there's an article. 574 00:58:08,975 --> 00:58:13,776 You are published on the front page of the biggest newspaper in lndia. 575 00:58:15,248 --> 00:58:17,113 World famous. 576 00:58:17,550 --> 00:58:20,110 l'm gonna show you the pictures we're gonna put on the wall. 577 00:58:20,253 --> 00:58:22,084 -Who's picture is this? -Shanti. 578 00:58:22,355 --> 00:58:24,152 Shanti. Like it? 579 00:58:26,059 --> 00:58:27,424 This is another picture. 580 00:58:29,162 --> 00:58:30,459 What do you think? 581 00:58:31,297 --> 00:58:33,697 lt's so pretty! The moon looks so beautiful. 582 00:58:33,800 --> 00:58:35,290 This is... these are who's? 583 00:58:35,568 --> 00:58:36,796 Avijit. 584 00:58:47,113 --> 00:58:50,810 And the last picture is the one that's in the newspaper. 585 00:58:56,022 --> 00:58:57,819 That's it. Congratulations. 586 00:59:01,794 --> 00:59:03,227 Enough! Please, relax. 587 00:59:03,963 --> 00:59:06,523 And now, they get to sign the pictures. 588 00:59:15,908 --> 00:59:18,399 My hands are shaking. 589 00:59:26,085 --> 00:59:27,211 Zana Auntie? 590 00:59:27,487 --> 00:59:30,422 There will be a lot of people at the Oxford Gallery, yes? 591 00:59:30,990 --> 00:59:32,457 Yes, lots of people. 592 00:59:34,427 --> 00:59:35,758 Here it is. 593 00:59:43,536 --> 00:59:44,696 Oh my God. 594 00:59:47,907 --> 00:59:48,771 Our pictures. 595 00:59:50,076 --> 00:59:51,236 That's us there. 596 00:59:55,848 --> 00:59:58,180 l like it very much. 597 00:59:58,418 --> 01:00:01,216 -l like it... -l like it... 598 01:00:01,454 --> 01:00:02,716 -very much. -very much. 599 01:00:03,189 --> 01:00:04,281 This is her hand. 600 01:00:04,357 --> 01:00:06,848 Her hand in front of the camera. 601 01:00:16,803 --> 01:00:18,737 l shot this one and that one. 602 01:00:19,138 --> 01:00:20,332 Did you do it by yourself? 603 01:00:22,909 --> 01:00:25,901 At first l didn't really get it. 604 01:00:26,112 --> 01:00:30,242 But then Zana Antie said: "Come on, Saturday..." 605 01:00:30,483 --> 01:00:35,182 and l went and saw a camera for the first time. 606 01:00:35,455 --> 01:00:38,925 So we met Zana Auntie and liked her... 607 01:00:38,925 --> 01:00:40,825 as soon as we saw her. 608 01:00:41,194 --> 01:00:44,686 And since then Zana Auntie has been teaching us with a lot of interest. 609 01:00:47,733 --> 01:00:50,861 She teaches us so well that everything goes into our brain. 610 01:00:51,103 --> 01:00:53,039 We like doing photography so much... 611 01:00:53,039 --> 01:00:55,030 that we forget to do our work. 612 01:00:57,777 --> 01:00:59,836 What do you want to be when you grow up? 613 01:01:00,146 --> 01:01:02,410 l'm not sure... 614 01:01:03,015 --> 01:01:05,245 but l want to be a photographer. 615 01:01:05,451 --> 01:01:08,318 These photographs will now travel to different parts of the world. 616 01:01:08,554 --> 01:01:11,421 And the proceeds from these exhibitions will go to one single purpose... 617 01:01:11,591 --> 01:01:14,287 a decent education for the children, and hopefully a chance... 618 01:01:14,360 --> 01:01:17,295 to know a world outside of the Red Light areas of Calcutta. 619 01:01:17,363 --> 01:01:19,058 Star News. 620 01:01:52,031 --> 01:01:53,726 Avijit's mother died. 621 01:01:53,966 --> 01:01:57,493 Some kind of kitchen explosion accident. l hope it wasn't... 622 01:02:02,208 --> 01:02:04,608 Do you know how she died, what happened? 623 01:02:04,944 --> 01:02:08,311 Her pimp set fire to her in the kitchen. 624 01:02:08,648 --> 01:02:10,172 He burned her. 625 01:02:12,018 --> 01:02:15,510 That's what l thought, as soon as l heard kitchen accident. 626 01:02:15,755 --> 01:02:19,088 l'm very worried about him now with this news. 627 01:02:20,126 --> 01:02:21,718 Will there be any police? 628 01:02:23,062 --> 01:02:24,188 Nothing. 629 01:02:25,831 --> 01:02:26,957 So sad. 630 01:02:35,408 --> 01:02:37,137 l used to want to be a doctor. 631 01:02:41,714 --> 01:02:44,706 Then l wanted to become an artist. 632 01:02:48,854 --> 01:02:52,290 There is nothing called hope in my future. 633 01:03:00,766 --> 01:03:05,294 He isn't going to school at all. 634 01:03:06,238 --> 01:03:11,835 lf he doesn't study, how will he grow up? 635 01:03:13,045 --> 01:03:15,707 He has to become someone of standing, he will have to grow up. 636 01:03:15,982 --> 01:03:19,850 Tell me, how will he do that if he doesn't study? 637 01:03:20,219 --> 01:03:21,743 l am studying. 638 01:03:22,488 --> 01:03:26,015 Even if he misses his mother... 639 01:03:26,258 --> 01:03:28,385 his exams are staring him in the face. 640 01:03:28,828 --> 01:03:30,921 They start this Wednesday. 641 01:03:36,168 --> 01:03:38,398 l'm always carrying his bags! 642 01:03:41,307 --> 01:03:43,002 Wait, wait, wait. l want to talk about this. 643 01:03:43,142 --> 01:03:44,734 Where's Avijit? 644 01:03:44,810 --> 01:03:47,210 He won't be coming today. 645 01:03:48,848 --> 01:03:50,679 He's gone out with friends. 646 01:03:51,751 --> 01:03:55,243 Everybody knows that Avijit is supposed to go to Amsterdam. 647 01:03:55,554 --> 01:03:57,156 He still hasn't got his passport... 648 01:03:57,156 --> 01:03:58,817 because there were a lot of problems. 649 01:03:58,891 --> 01:04:03,692 But if he goes, he's going to represent all of you and the photo class... 650 01:04:03,763 --> 01:04:05,754 and all of the hard work that you've been doing. 651 01:04:12,705 --> 01:04:14,229 Did they invited us in? 652 01:04:16,042 --> 01:04:18,169 -Why didn't you come today? -l went to art class. 653 01:04:18,411 --> 01:04:20,709 Why didn't you tell us you weren't coming? 654 01:04:21,147 --> 01:04:23,012 l didn't know... 655 01:04:23,849 --> 01:04:26,716 my friends had to come tell me. 656 01:04:27,186 --> 01:04:31,054 l want to get his two rolls of film. 657 01:04:31,557 --> 01:04:34,355 l go to study in the morning, then l go to school. 658 01:04:34,760 --> 01:04:37,820 ln the afternoon l have no time, and in the evening it gets dark. 659 01:04:37,897 --> 01:04:40,764 He's got school in the morning and he's got school until five, right? 660 01:04:41,367 --> 01:04:44,768 What about your photography? You don't care? 661 01:04:45,037 --> 01:04:46,095 No. 662 01:04:46,772 --> 01:04:48,467 l'll do it later. 663 01:05:06,192 --> 01:05:08,990 l could not get a passport for that kid. 664 01:05:09,261 --> 01:05:11,821 l went through everything. l couldn't do it. 665 01:05:12,064 --> 01:05:13,691 Actually, it hasn't even been confirmed... 666 01:05:13,766 --> 01:05:17,497 so l can't even tell you his passport application has been accepted. 667 01:05:18,571 --> 01:05:21,438 There is no way to get this kid's passport... 668 01:05:21,574 --> 01:05:24,042 because he lives in the Red Light district. 669 01:05:24,376 --> 01:05:26,810 l'm afraid the whole thing's going to fall through because of... 670 01:05:27,046 --> 01:05:29,742 Well, l'm afraid the whole thing's going to fall through too. 671 01:05:29,815 --> 01:05:33,774 Avijit hasn't shot anything at all, because he's just... somewhere else. 672 01:05:39,091 --> 01:05:40,251 You guys, you... 673 01:05:40,459 --> 01:05:42,290 and you, and you... 674 01:05:42,695 --> 01:05:45,323 have been accepted into a school. 675 01:05:50,936 --> 01:05:54,667 My Granny will never let me go to a boarding school. 676 01:05:54,774 --> 01:05:56,708 l'm the only child. 677 01:05:57,877 --> 01:06:00,437 She can visit. lt's not like it's far. 678 01:06:02,748 --> 01:06:05,308 Will we have to eat only veggie food there? 679 01:06:05,785 --> 01:06:07,753 Yuck, l don't like veggie food. 680 01:06:07,820 --> 01:06:09,947 Which is more important? 681 01:06:11,524 --> 01:06:15,016 Eating chicken or going to a good school? 682 01:06:45,124 --> 01:06:47,649 This is where they will keep their clothes... 683 01:06:47,793 --> 01:06:50,125 Also, they will have to make their own beds. 684 01:06:50,362 --> 01:06:54,298 They help the small kids, but the big kids have to do it themselves. 685 01:06:54,700 --> 01:06:56,930 My daughter? She'll have to do it herself? 686 01:06:57,002 --> 01:06:58,663 She'll have to. 687 01:06:58,737 --> 01:07:02,002 But small kids won't have to. 688 01:07:03,509 --> 01:07:04,999 That's good. 689 01:07:06,745 --> 01:07:08,713 -l wanna use it too. -Hold on. 690 01:07:10,482 --> 01:07:12,382 Can't do it. What do l do? 691 01:07:13,118 --> 01:07:14,551 When l learn the computer... 692 01:07:14,620 --> 01:07:16,918 l can write to Zana Auntie in America. 693 01:07:18,457 --> 01:07:22,791 lf they're ready to admit the girls, they have to understand a few things. 694 01:07:23,295 --> 01:07:25,786 We want our girls to go to University. 695 01:07:29,768 --> 01:07:31,963 lf they admit their kids here... 696 01:07:34,773 --> 01:07:36,798 the girl can be a doctor... 697 01:07:38,677 --> 01:07:40,110 can be an engineer... 698 01:07:40,813 --> 01:07:42,440 can be a lawyer... 699 01:07:42,982 --> 01:07:44,973 They will have a normal life. 700 01:07:45,217 --> 01:07:48,880 So there is one thing, very important, that l am asking now. 701 01:07:49,555 --> 01:07:51,757 They can admit the kids today. 702 01:07:51,757 --> 01:07:53,884 And they can remove the kids whenever they want. 703 01:07:54,126 --> 01:07:56,356 This is not a jail, they are free. 704 01:07:56,795 --> 01:07:59,923 But today, l want their verbal commitment... 705 01:08:00,366 --> 01:08:04,166 that they won't remove their kids until they finish their studies. 706 01:08:04,403 --> 01:08:06,268 lt means another ten years. 707 01:08:07,139 --> 01:08:10,973 They have two or three holidays of ten days each, per year. 708 01:08:12,044 --> 01:08:14,740 But for example, when there are wedding ceremonies... 709 01:08:15,948 --> 01:08:17,745 when the grandma has died... 710 01:08:17,883 --> 01:08:19,851 or the birth of a nephew... 711 01:08:20,052 --> 01:08:22,020 No wedding ceremonies, no birthdays... 712 01:08:22,288 --> 01:08:24,779 no grandmothers, no dead bodies, nothing. 713 01:08:25,324 --> 01:08:27,849 For all these things, they cannot remove their kids. 714 01:08:28,127 --> 01:08:31,494 Their first priority is their studies, their schooling. 715 01:08:38,304 --> 01:08:40,772 Puja won't eat well by herself. 716 01:08:42,241 --> 01:08:44,004 She eats just fine. 717 01:08:47,246 --> 01:08:50,113 The fact is, Puja's mother spoils her a little. 718 01:08:50,349 --> 01:08:52,685 She has to learn to eat by herself. 719 01:08:52,685 --> 01:08:57,019 -They gave us so much rice and meat... -Baisakhi left half of it. 720 01:09:11,837 --> 01:09:14,499 -See you tomorrow. -Bye, bye. 721 01:09:20,980 --> 01:09:23,744 Are we getting off in front of our house? 722 01:09:25,250 --> 01:09:26,808 Stop the car. 723 01:09:31,924 --> 01:09:33,448 -Bye. -Bye. 724 01:09:35,160 --> 01:09:37,185 -Tomorrow, at eleven. -Bring your camera. 725 01:09:37,529 --> 01:09:41,533 You're coming tomorrow to our place to take her... 726 01:09:41,533 --> 01:09:43,160 right? 727 01:09:43,502 --> 01:09:46,130 Please, write me the address, okay? 728 01:10:07,326 --> 01:10:10,056 This guy, Tim Grandage, who runs Future Hope... 729 01:10:10,396 --> 01:10:13,365 only wants kids from bad backgrounds... 730 01:10:13,499 --> 01:10:16,491 so the children of sex workers. lt's for boys only. 731 01:10:16,835 --> 01:10:19,668 And there's pretty much nowhere else for these kids to go. 732 01:10:19,705 --> 01:10:21,605 Nobody else will take them. 733 01:10:22,775 --> 01:10:25,869 l would say there are two that need to get out very urgently. 734 01:10:26,111 --> 01:10:27,408 Do they know each other? 735 01:10:27,679 --> 01:10:29,442 Yeah, they live in the same brothel. 736 01:10:29,948 --> 01:10:32,508 -Which one you're most worried about? -Avijit. 737 01:10:32,584 --> 01:10:34,686 l mean, Avijit always's asking me... 738 01:10:34,686 --> 01:10:37,849 he says l hate it here, l can't do anything here, l can't study. 739 01:10:38,090 --> 01:10:42,151 His one grandmother, l think, really cares for him but has no control over him. 740 01:10:42,494 --> 01:10:47,261 His grandfather and his father are just sort of not effective at all. 741 01:10:47,800 --> 01:10:52,999 l think he's gonna turn out to be a real bad kid soon if he doesn't get real help. 742 01:10:53,739 --> 01:10:56,264 He's got an ego, for sure. 743 01:10:56,942 --> 01:10:59,706 l think if he's in the right environment he'll also... 744 01:10:59,778 --> 01:11:02,008 He wants to be good. But he has no guidance. 745 01:11:02,347 --> 01:11:05,805 ln the last few weeks he's had a real change of heart about everything. 746 01:11:05,884 --> 01:11:09,376 And he seems to be pretty apathetic. l think he's reached a critical point... 747 01:11:09,855 --> 01:11:12,824 and if he doesn't get out of there really soon, he's lost. 748 01:11:12,925 --> 01:11:16,361 That's how l'm feeling about Avijit. He's a very bright kid, very talented. 749 01:11:17,029 --> 01:11:21,693 Give us five minutes. Give us a chance and let us chat next door. 750 01:11:22,601 --> 01:11:24,728 -Give us five minutes. -Ok, thank you. 751 01:11:28,841 --> 01:11:31,309 lf you don't have a good foundation, you can't build. 752 01:11:31,844 --> 01:11:34,176 But they have to start at a certain standard. 753 01:11:34,346 --> 01:11:36,507 And if you work hard, then you go up very quickly. 754 01:11:36,682 --> 01:11:39,879 l'm not going if... 755 01:11:40,085 --> 01:11:42,713 they put me back two grades. 756 01:11:46,558 --> 01:11:48,924 lsn't it better to be with good people that care about you? 757 01:11:49,128 --> 01:11:52,723 And that want to teach you well? Than a number? 758 01:11:55,834 --> 01:11:57,233 But, you know, it's up to you. 759 01:11:57,503 --> 01:11:59,903 l wanna go to school. 760 01:12:01,740 --> 01:12:04,004 And as for you, if you want to go... 761 01:12:04,176 --> 01:12:05,143 they'll take you. 762 01:12:05,644 --> 01:12:06,702 Yes, l'll go. 763 01:12:12,484 --> 01:12:15,078 But he understands, right? This is the only choice. 764 01:12:15,220 --> 01:12:17,745 lf he doesn't take this offer then that's it, he stays at home. 765 01:12:17,823 --> 01:12:20,291 There's nothing more l can do. Or want to do. 766 01:12:25,130 --> 01:12:29,499 Maneck has also, l think, been accepted into the same school as Avijit. 767 01:12:30,035 --> 01:12:33,835 Oh, l'll be happy to get rid of that brat. 768 01:12:34,339 --> 01:12:37,934 l told him to go to his class and he ran away. 769 01:12:38,310 --> 01:12:42,178 l told him to earn me 200 rupees per month so l can feed him. 770 01:12:42,447 --> 01:12:45,918 So he gave me 2 rupees... 771 01:12:45,918 --> 01:12:48,716 and ran away to play marbles. 772 01:12:48,954 --> 01:12:53,254 Shanti's all right, but this one is a weasel because he's younger. 773 01:13:00,866 --> 01:13:04,324 l'm not worried about sending her off... 774 01:13:04,736 --> 01:13:07,000 in fact l feel happy, l feel good. 775 01:13:07,072 --> 01:13:08,937 lf only it wasn't today. 776 01:13:09,007 --> 01:13:11,942 My mother died on a Thursday at five in the afternoon... 777 01:13:12,211 --> 01:13:15,476 Since then, l don't do anything special on Thursdays. 778 01:13:17,849 --> 01:13:19,783 Ma, can l go? 779 01:13:20,285 --> 01:13:22,276 You can go tomorrow, but not today. 780 01:13:22,554 --> 01:13:26,684 Everyone is going today. lt's the last chance. There's no other opportunity. 781 01:13:26,758 --> 01:13:29,283 l can't let her go on a Thursday. 782 01:13:29,528 --> 01:13:34,898 The last time l did something on a Thursday l suffered greatly... 783 01:13:35,133 --> 01:13:38,193 l'm still carrying on that suffering. 784 01:13:38,904 --> 01:13:39,802 l'm leaving. 785 01:13:39,905 --> 01:13:43,397 You didn't touch your mother's feet. 786 01:13:44,409 --> 01:13:46,775 You didn't touch your mother's feet. 787 01:13:56,321 --> 01:13:57,845 Now you can go? 788 01:13:59,124 --> 01:14:02,150 lt's good for her. Her future. 789 01:14:02,227 --> 01:14:05,856 -l know, she will grow up well. -You can see her. Every month. 790 01:14:06,131 --> 01:14:07,098 One time. 791 01:14:22,447 --> 01:14:26,144 l only cried a little but my mother was so sad. 792 01:14:27,085 --> 01:14:29,144 But you will get used to it. 793 01:14:29,821 --> 01:14:31,846 Wow, you've got a whole lot of things. 794 01:14:39,097 --> 01:14:40,257 Shanti. 795 01:14:42,701 --> 01:14:43,668 Shanti. 796 01:14:44,703 --> 01:14:48,002 Look, there's no need to be sad. l'm not crying. 797 01:14:51,343 --> 01:14:52,935 Bye, Manik. 798 01:14:57,783 --> 01:15:00,081 Don't cry. Everything is gonna be alright. 799 01:15:03,021 --> 01:15:05,956 Gour's going to miss me a lot, that's for sure! 800 01:15:06,058 --> 01:15:07,923 They're not coming back anymore 801 01:15:08,193 --> 01:15:09,922 They're not coming back 802 01:15:10,095 --> 01:15:13,792 They're gone forever 803 01:15:18,170 --> 01:15:20,764 Now l'm going to go live with Ross 804 01:15:21,506 --> 01:15:24,907 There's Sabera. "Sabera" is written right there! 805 01:15:42,394 --> 01:15:46,023 There is no way that l'm going to get Avijit's passport... 806 01:15:46,264 --> 01:15:49,256 without someone higher up intervening. 807 01:15:49,901 --> 01:15:52,802 l don't think this kid is going to get a passport. 808 01:15:54,773 --> 01:15:56,934 School thing. His birth certificate. 809 01:15:57,175 --> 01:15:58,904 A letter from student counselor. 810 01:15:59,344 --> 01:16:01,246 A copy of the ration card. 811 01:16:01,246 --> 01:16:02,804 Corrections for the ration card. 812 01:16:03,014 --> 01:16:06,313 Letter from Bob. Letter from World Press Photo. 813 01:16:06,852 --> 01:16:08,911 And an invitation letter for Avijit. 814 01:16:10,255 --> 01:16:13,122 So, if that doesn't do it, then nothing will. 815 01:16:39,951 --> 01:16:42,647 -Avijit, where are you going? -Amsterdam. 816 01:16:43,755 --> 01:16:45,245 -When? -Tomorrow. 817 01:16:46,224 --> 01:16:48,021 -Are you excited? -Yes. 818 01:17:00,005 --> 01:17:02,701 l'll see you soon. 819 01:17:05,243 --> 01:17:06,505 We'll see you later. Bye bye. 820 01:17:06,678 --> 01:17:09,010 Please, drive slowly. lf there's an accident, l won't get there. 821 01:17:09,080 --> 01:17:11,674 l won't fulfill my dreams. 822 01:17:22,794 --> 01:17:24,887 Priya Auntie, does the window open? 823 01:17:25,130 --> 01:17:27,758 -Can l open the window? -No. 824 01:17:30,502 --> 01:17:32,902 Now l feel like taking pictures. 825 01:17:58,797 --> 01:18:00,890 This is a good picture. 826 01:18:01,933 --> 01:18:05,266 We get a good sense of how these people live. 827 01:18:06,805 --> 01:18:09,330 And though there is sadness in it... 828 01:18:10,542 --> 01:18:15,309 And though it's hard to face, we must look at it because it is truth. 829 01:18:23,021 --> 01:18:24,215 Hold them together. 830 01:18:57,989 --> 01:19:01,049 Avijit returned to Calcutta... 831 01:19:01,192 --> 01:19:05,492 and chose to enter the Future Hope school. 832 01:19:11,803 --> 01:19:17,764 Manik's father would not let him go to school. 833 01:19:21,713 --> 01:19:26,446 Puja's mother withdrew her from the Sabera school. 834 01:19:29,220 --> 01:19:35,386 Shanti left the Sabera school of her own accord. 835 01:19:37,862 --> 01:19:40,999 Gour still lives at home... 836 01:19:40,999 --> 01:19:44,833 and hopes to go to university. 837 01:19:47,839 --> 01:19:50,508 Tapasi ran away from home... 838 01:19:50,508 --> 01:19:54,308 and went to the Sanlaap school for girls. 839 01:19:56,481 --> 01:19:59,150 Suchitra's aunt refused... 840 01:19:59,150 --> 01:20:03,109 to let her leave the brothel. 841 01:20:05,390 --> 01:20:09,053 Kochi chose to stay at Sabera. 842 01:20:09,127 --> 01:20:14,497 She is happy and doing well.