Essays on Red-Light District

Throughout Clarice Lispector’s novella, The Hour of the Star, colors and sounds are used to convey a feeling or message. The story is a very sad story about a young misfortunate girl from North-east Brazil who is suffering from tuberculosis. The story is told through the perspective of a male writer who is struggling with the young girl’s suffering. Lispector used an array of colors and sounds to entice emotion from the reader. This use of colors and sounds were both well-developed elements in the book, and these elements will be discussed throughout this essay. The primary sound “bang” was ...

1. The 2004 documentary Born Into Brothels follows documentarian Zana Briski's time spent among the prostitutes of Calcutta. She interviews these prostitutes, as well as their children, whom she teaches photography (and gives disposable cameras with which to take pictures). In this time, not only does she follow the trials and tribulations of prostitutes and women in Indian culture, but she also reveals new insights about the children of these prostitutes and how small their prospects for betterment are.2. I chose this documentary because I knew little about Indian culture, or how systemic the problem of prostitution was. I ...

Summary - Born into Brothels

The 2004 documentary Born Into Brothels follows documentarian Zana Briski's time spent among the prostitutes of Calcutta. In this time, not only does she follow the trials and tribulations of prostitutes and women in Indian culture, but she also reveals new insights about the children of these prostitutes and how small their prospects for betterment are. This documentary is a powerful, day-in-the-life snapshot of people whose prospects for life are actively hindered by their socioeconomic positions, and how their children are affected by these conditions that they simply cannot control.

The majority of the film takes place in Calcutta's red ...