Nandini Sikand
New York, NY
This documentary short film explores the lives of several girls (ages 6 to 17) who live in a home in Kolkata, India shared by their mothers, who live and work in Kalighat, one of the city’s largest red-light districts. The film follows these intelligent, funny, and high-energy girls as they try to overcome extraordinary circumstances and lead ordinary lives. Painfully aware of their individual circumstances, they speak of wanting to grow up, become independent and find a way to get their mothers out of the trade.
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Center for Asian American Media (CAAM), San Francisco, California—A private, not-for-profit organization that re-grants CPB funds to support production, acquisition, and distribution of public broadcasting programs and is dedicated to presenting stories that convey the richness and diversity of Asian American experiences to the broadest audience possible in film, television, and digital media. CAAM provides films for educational distribution, film festivals, and public broadcasting. It also develops new or emerging filmmakers with its James T. Yee Fellowship program.