Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids vs One Mind: A Zen Pilgrimage

One Mind: A Zen Pilgrimage has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.8/10 for Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids). One Mind: A Zen Pilgrimage is the shorter watch at 1h 21m compared with 1h 25m. Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids is the older of the two (2004 against 2019). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids posterBorn Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids2004 VS One Mind: A Zen Pilgrimage posterOne Mind: A Zen Pilgrimage2019
Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light KidsOne Mind: A Zen Pilgrimage
Audience score★ 6.8/10★ 10.0/10
Year20042019
Length1h 25m1h 21m
GenresDocumentaryDocumentary
Country––
DirectorRoss Kauffman, Zana BriskiEdward A. Burger
Main castZana Briski, Avijit, Geeta Masi, Kochi, Mamuni–

Synopsis

Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids

Documentary depicting the lives of child prostitutes in the red light district of Songachi, Calcutta. Director Zana Briski went to photograph the prostitutes when she met and became friends with their children. Briski began giving photography lessons to the children and became aware that their photography might be a way for them to lead better lives.

One Mind: A Zen Pilgrimage

ONE MIND is an immersive cinematic meditation on Zen monastic life in China, where a communion of nature, meditation, and labor reveals a carefully crafted way of life that reflects the very wisdom it seeks to cultivate.

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