In the Flesh (2003)

Directed by

Bishakha Datta

Genre

independent film

Country

India

How it feels

This documentary follows three Indian sex workers in Calcutta and Mumbai, showing their daily routines and personal lives. It aims to present their experiences plainly for a general audience.

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What happens

In the Flesh: three lives in prostitution is a 2003 independent documentary by Bishakha Datta about the lives of three Indian sex workers, written for a family audience. It is a low-budget film set in Calcutta and Mumbai that describes the everyday life of its subjects. It was filmed in 2000, and released in India in 2002, before an international release in 2003. The subjects of the documentary were chosen with help from the Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee (a Calcutta sex worker collective) and at Calcutta's Sex Workers Mela, an annual event held in the city's Salt Lake Stadium that attracts over 10,000 people a day. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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