


It shows how young girls are groomed in the arts of singing, dancing, and by inference, seduction. Crammed tenements house thousands of men playing up to the camera as they seek out forbidden pleasures - and the courtesans themselves, who appear more as entertainers than sex workers. Pavan Pool is an enclosed area of Bombay where the city's singing and dancing courtesans ply their trade. Ismail Merchant, Saeed Jaffrey, Kareem Samar, Vishnu Mathur, Merchant Ivory Productions, and Home Vision Entertainment (Firm) As police investigate, and the community reacts, the fabric of the family begins to disintegrate, revealing questions about justice, family and finally the truth. The police charge Arnold Friedman and his son Jesse with hundreds of shocking crimes. One Thanksgiving, as the family gathers for a quiet holiday dinner, a police battering ram splinters the front door and officers rush inside. The Friedmans seem to be a typical family from affluent Great Neck, Long Island. 1 videodisc (83 min.)Īndrew Jarecki, Marc Smerling, Jesse Friedman, Arnold Friedman, Elaine Friedman, David Friedman, Seth Friedman, Magnolia Pictures (Firm), HBO Video (Firm), HBO Documentary Films, and Hit the Ground Running LLC While living in the red light district of Calcutta, documenting life in the brothels, New York-based photographer Zana Briski embarked on a project by which she gave cameras to the children of prostitutes and taught them photography, awakening within them hidden talent and creativity and giving them a means to transform their lives. Ross Kauffman, Zana Briski, Red Light Films (Firm), Thinkfilm (Firm), HBO/Cinemax Documentary Films, and Kids With Cameras (Organization)
