Brothels and cameras

The seed of hope was a 35mm camera. The tree that grew -- an education.

Zana Briski, a professional photographer, started a photography class to children who lived in Calcutta's Red Light district. The class, not only produced talented child photographers, but provoked Briski to find an education for the lowest of India's low.

"I used to want to be a doctor," said one of Briski's students, after his mother was burned to death by her pimp. "Then I wanted to be an artist. There is nothing called hope in my future."

But fortunately for Avijit, 11, Briski found a way to give him an education, amidst the hierarchy of political red tape.

Watch the eight children go to the beach for the first time in their lives ... and more stories on the DVD. Check out the nonprofit Kids with Cameras
http://www.kids-with-cameras.org/home/
and possibly even buy some of their prints at
http://www.kids-with-cameras.org/kidsgallery/