Innovators: The Accidental Teacher

What about the kids today?

Find out what the future has held for Calcutta's Sonagachi children since the filming of Born into Brothels, the 2005 Academy Award-winning documentary.

Catch up on Avijit's story, and view his own prize-winning documentary, Culture.

Born Into Brothels premiered on HBO/Cinemax in 2005. It was released on DVD in the fall of 2005 and is available from libraries or can be purchased through Kids With Cameras.

Briski's Photo Galleries

View Zana Briski's work, including a gallery of the images she went to India to shoot, and catch up on her works in progress.

In 2007, she self-published her first photography book, Brothel. A selection of images was exhibited that September and October at Stephen Daiter Gallery in Chicago; it also appears online at the gallery site.

What Next? A curriculum guide to 'Born Into Brothels'

Zana Briski introduces the curriculum guide to be used with Born Into Brothels, and describes her experience and personal growth since developing the Calcutta workshops.

Other curriculum guides in Amnesty International USA's human rights and education series are companions to such films as:

• The Kite Runner, adapted from Khaled Hosseini's novel about two boys in Afghanistan.
• Blood Diamond, a film from Warner Brothers about the diamond trade, violent conflict, and the role of child soldiers in Sierra Leone.
• Darfur Now, a documentary about the actions of certain individuals within the horrendous events in Sudan.