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	'''''In the Flesh: three lives in prostitution''''' is a 2003 [[independent film\|independent]] documentary by [[Bishakha Datta]] about the lives of three Indian sex workers, written for a family audience.<ref>[http://www.indieflix.com/film/in-the-flesh-25561/ Indieflix] summary and review</ref> It is a low-budget film set in [[Calcutta]] and [[Mumbai]] that describes the everyday life of its subjects.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2002/08/29/stories/2002082900250200.htm \|title=The Hindu : Sex, truth, and videotape \|publisher=The Hindu \|date=2002-08-29 \|accessdate=2010-11-27 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100831234308/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2002/08/29/stories/2002082900250200.htm \|archive-date=31 August 2010 \|url-status=~~dead~~ }}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| title = Flesh Talkies \|work=[[MiD DAY]]\| url = http://www.mid-day.com/articles/flesh-talkies/240397 \|author=Kanika Sharma \|date=15 Nov 2013\| accessdate = 2014-11-05 }}</ref>		'''''In the Flesh: three lives in prostitution''''' is a 2003 [[independent film\|independent]] documentary by [[Bishakha Datta]] about the lives of three Indian sex workers, written for a family audience.<ref>[http://www.indieflix.com/film/in-the-flesh-25561/ Indieflix] summary and review</ref> It is a low-budget film set in [[Calcutta]] and [[Mumbai]] that describes the everyday life of its subjects.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2002/08/29/stories/2002082900250200.htm \|title=The Hindu : Sex, truth, and videotape \|publisher=The Hindu \|date=2002-08-29 \|accessdate=2010-11-27 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100831234308/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2002/08/29/stories/2002082900250200.htm \|archive-date=31 August 2010 \|url-status=usurped }}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| title = Flesh Talkies \|work=[[MiD DAY]]\| url = http://www.mid-day.com/articles/flesh-talkies/240397 \|author=Kanika Sharma \|date=15 Nov 2013\| accessdate = 2014-11-05 }}</ref>

	It was filmed in 2000, and released in India in 2002, before an international release in 2003.<ref name="smyi">From [http://showmeyourindies.com/indieflix/indieflix-blog/the-making-of-in-the-flesh-from-director-bishakha-datta/ an interview with the director], Show Me Your Indies, 28 August 2009.</ref> 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.<ref name="smyi"/>		It was filmed in 2000, and released in India in 2002, before an international release in 2003.<ref name="smyi">From [http://showmeyourindies.com/indieflix/indieflix-blog/the-making-of-in-the-flesh-from-director-bishakha-datta/ an interview with the director], Show Me Your Indies, 28 August 2009.</ref> 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.<ref name="smyi"/>
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	== History and reception ==		== History and reception ==
	The idea for the film came about while Datta and Point of View were researching a report for the grassroots organization [[Sampada Gramin Mahila Sanstha\|Sangram]] about its work with sex workers over the previous 10 years.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2002/08/29/stories/2002082900250200.htm \|title=Radhika P. in The Hindu Online. 29 August. 2002 \|access-date=2 April 2010 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100831234308/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2002/08/29/stories/2002082900250200.htm \|archive-date=31 August 2010 \|url-status=~~dead~~ }}</ref>		The idea for the film came about while Datta and Point of View were researching a report for the grassroots organization [[Sampada Gramin Mahila Sanstha\|Sangram]] about its work with sex workers over the previous 10 years.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2002/08/29/stories/2002082900250200.htm \|title=Radhika P. in The Hindu Online. 29 August. 2002 \|access-date=2 April 2010 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100831234308/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2002/08/29/stories/2002082900250200.htm \|archive-date=31 August 2010 \|url-status=usurped }}</ref>

	After its Indian release in 2002, it was screened internationally in 2003:<ref>From a [http://www.freedomfilmsindia.org/tvikalp.asp Freedom Films India] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090120150702/http://freedomfilmsindia.org/tvikalp.asp \|date=20 January 2009 }} list of documentaries.</ref>		After its Indian release in 2002, it was screened internationally in 2003:<ref>From a [http://www.freedomfilmsindia.org/tvikalp.asp Freedom Films India] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090120150702/http://freedomfilmsindia.org/tvikalp.asp \|date=20 January 2009 }} list of documentaries.</ref>
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{{Infobox film
| name = In the Flesh
| image =
| caption =
| director = [[Bishakha Datta]]
| producer =
| writer = Bishakha Datta
| starring = Shabana, Bhaskar, Uma
| music =
| cinematography = Ranu Ghosh
| editing =
| studio = [[Point of View (organization)|Point of View]]
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2003}}
| runtime = 53 minutes
| country = India
| language = English
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'''''In the Flesh: three lives in prostitution''''' is a 2003 [[independent film|independent]] documentary by [[Bishakha Datta]] about the lives of three Indian sex workers, written for a family audience.<ref>[http://www.indieflix.com/film/in-the-flesh-25561/ Indieflix] summary and review</ref> It is a low-budget film set in [[Calcutta]] and [[Mumbai]] that describes the everyday life of its subjects.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2002/08/29/stories/2002082900250200.htm |title=The Hindu : Sex, truth, and videotape |publisher=The Hindu |date=2002-08-29 |accessdate=2010-11-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100831234308/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2002/08/29/stories/2002082900250200.htm |archive-date=31 August 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Flesh Talkies |work=[[MiD DAY]]| url = http://www.mid-day.com/articles/flesh-talkies/240397 |author=Kanika Sharma |date=15 Nov 2013| accessdate = 2014-11-05 }}</ref>

It was filmed in 2000, and released in India in 2002, before an international release in 2003.<ref name="smyi">From [http://showmeyourindies.com/indieflix/indieflix-blog/the-making-of-in-the-flesh-from-director-bishakha-datta/ an interview with the director], Show Me Your Indies, 28 August 2009.</ref> 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.<ref name="smyi"/>

== Plot ==
''In The Flesh'' follows three sex workers: Shabana (who works the highways near [[Mumbai]]), Bhaskar (a [[Hijra (South Asia)|hijra]] who sells sex to men in [[Calcutta]]), and Uma (a former theater actress who lives in a Calcutta brothel). The film follows their daily routines, from picking up customers and sex to their private social lives to violence and activism.

== History and reception ==
The idea for the film came about while Datta and Point of View were researching a report for the grassroots organization [[Sampada Gramin Mahila Sanstha|Sangram]] about its work with sex workers over the previous 10 years.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2002/08/29/stories/2002082900250200.htm |title=Radhika P. in The Hindu Online. 29 August. 2002 |access-date=2 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100831234308/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2002/08/29/stories/2002082900250200.htm |archive-date=31 August 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

After its Indian release in 2002, it was screened internationally in 2003:<ref>From a [http://www.freedomfilmsindia.org/tvikalp.asp Freedom Films India] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090120150702/http://freedomfilmsindia.org/tvikalp.asp |date=20 January 2009 }} list of documentaries.</ref>
* Global Visions Film and Video Festival, Canada 2003
* Three Continents Human Rights Film Festival, Cape Town, South Africa 2003
* South Asia Human Rights Film and Video Festival, New York 2003
* International Video Festival, Trivandrum 2003

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.indieflix.com/film/in-the-flesh-25561/ Indieflix] has a short clip and stills online.

[[Category:2003 films]]
[[Category:Indian independent films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian documentary films]]
[[Category:Documentary films about prostitution in India]]
[[Category:Documentary films about women in India]]
[[Category:Films set in Kolkata]]
[[Category:English-language Indian films]]
[[Category:Films set in Mumbai]]

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