Tonight in my TVF 330 documentary class we watched a documentary Born into Brothels. This documentary is about children who have prostitutes for mothers. These childrens great-grandmothers, grandmothers, mothers and aunts are all prostitutes. Since these children are stuck in the cast system they will most likely except the fate and become prostitutes also.
The director of this film wanted to become imersed and see what they see so she has been living there for a couple of years and teaches them photography. The children go around taking amazing photos of the world around them. While watching this film I felt overwhelmed with emotion.They are truely talented at what they do and it is so sad that most if not all will end up as prostitutes.
I started to reflect on my life while watching this film. It is kind of weird how we do not appreciate the little and big things in life until we are exposed to those who have nothing.