Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids vs The Last Class

The Last Class has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.8/10 for Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids). The Last Class is the shorter watch at 1h 11m compared with 1h 25m. Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids is the older of the two (2004 against 2025). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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Audience score★ 6.8/10★ 10.0/10
Year20042025
Length1h 25m1h 11m
GenresDocumentaryDocumentary
Country––
DirectorRoss Kauffman, Zana BriskiElliot Kirschner
Main castZana Briski, Avijit, Geeta Masi, Kochi, MamuniRobert Reich

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.

The Last Class

American political economist, professor, author, and social media sensation Robert Reich teaches his final "Wealth and Poverty" class to 1,000 students at UC Berkeley, ending a 40-year career that reached 40,000 students. One thousand fill the biggest lecture hall on the UC Berkeley campus, the last class to receive Reich's wisdom and exhortations not to accept that the world has to stay the way it is. His belief in the next generation's…

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