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‘Redlight to Limelight,’ About Sex Workers and Their Children Making a Fiction Film, Acquired by Taskovski Films (EXCLUSIVE)


Taskovski Films has picked up “Redlight to Limelight,” about a high-spirited group of Indian sex workers and their families as they make a short film.

“Redlight to Limelight” follows a group of sex workers and their children in a brothel in Kalighat, Kolkata, who create stories through their video production unit called Cam-On. Putting the grimy reality of the sex trade to one side, the women and their children are immersed in the joy of storytelling with a desire to turn the brothel into a better place. “Set in Kolkata’s most stigmatized red-light district, the film follows the Cam-On collective’s creative journey, revealing stories of resilience and hope.

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