{"id":1574,"date":"2011-07-01T00:35:53","date_gmt":"2011-07-01T04:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melangedmaculateme.wordpress.com\/2011\/07\/01\/daughters-of-the-brothel\/"},"modified":"2023-07-28T16:31:01","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T20:31:01","slug":"daughters-of-the-brothel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2011\/07\/01\/daughters-of-the-brothel\/","title":{"rendered":"Daughters of the brothel"},"content":{"rendered":"

AlJazeera English – ‘Witness’ documentary filmmaker Gautam Singh:<\/p>\n

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More than 50 former prostitutes now work with Naseema, who taught them how to read and write. As well as running the magazine – which is sold across India and also sent to subscribers elsewhere – Naseema and the other women work to prevent others being trafficked, mainly from neighbouring Nepal and Bangladesh, into prostitution. In the last year alone, they have been able to send at least 20 new girls safely back home.<\/p>\n

But their work has brought them many enemies; the most feared being Rani Begum. As chief of the brothel, Begum’s finances have suffered a blow as a result of Naseema’s activities. Her thugs have publicly harassed and beaten Naseema and the other women who work with her. Naseema has also had to fight pimps, as well as some police officers and clerics who were unhappy about her work. <\/p>\n

With a clearly identifiable hero, a suitably sinister villain and plenty of action guaranteed as they face off against one another, I felt I had come across a story worthy of a novel. I was hopeful that we could produce a perfect film, but\u00a0shooting inside a brothel was never going to be easy. I deliberately chose a very small crew of just three people so that we might remain as invisible as possible. We used a Canon 7d camera. Its small size and light weight meant that we were able to move quickly from one place to the next – something that was to prove useful when Begum’s thugs were sent to threaten us.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Daughters of the brothel<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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