12 minutes that will wreck your entire week — and you need to see it.
Daulatdia is an entire village in Bangladesh dedicated to prostitution. Every day, 1,600 trafficked, enslaved and abandoned women and girls sell themselves for £2 a time. In the midst of the trade live 300 children, many born in the village. Some will be groomed to be the future of the business like their mothers and grandmothers. With education programmes and support provided by Save The Children, a few may find their way out.
Direction
Silverstone packs years of horror into brutal minutes.
Cinematography
Unflinching close-ups that refuse to let you look away.
Writing
Dharker's narration — clinical, devastating, perfect.
Director
Tom Silverstone
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Daulatdia is one of the world's largest brothels, operating since the British colonial era. The 'line' system — hereditary prostitution — traps families across generations with manufactured debt and social stigma.
The 2016 release coincided with Bangladesh's controversial legalization of child marriage with 'special circumstances,' revealing how state systems often reinforce rather than disrupt exploitation.
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