"Born into Brothels," Zana Briski’s collaboration with a group of young people living in a red-light district of Calcutta, won the Oscar for Best Feature Documentary in 2005. An inventive photographer and teacher, Briski engaged the group by teaching them how to photographically record their world.

Briski’s visit to Menagerie, currently on view at Hamilton’s Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, provided an opportunity to bring her to campus to present her film. Her photograph, “Bearogram #10,” is the introductory image in Menagerie.

Coming up in the spring 2025 F.I.L.M. Series:
Sunday, April 13, at 2 p.m., Jay Craven returns with a cut of “Major Barbara,” the newest Cinema Semester production.