Non-profit Kids with Cameras is the organization behind the Academy Award-winning documentary Born into Brothels. The documentary, a look into the lives of prostitutes’ children in Calcutta, screened at Makor and eventually aired on HBO. HBO’s website offers an interview with filmmaker Ross Kaufman.

KwC’s latest project is The Kids of Jerusalem. Twenty-six Jewish and Palestinian children were given cameras and sent out to photograph Jerusalem’s Old City in groups. Some of the pictures can be seen on their website. They’re worth a look.

In January, the program’s head, Jason Eskenazi, will be stopping by the Y to talk about working with kids in a political hotspot. Eskenazi, who previously worked as a freelance photographer with the Times and elsewhere before hooking up with KwC, also did an amazing photo essay on the Mountain Jews of Azerbaijan for Eurasianet.

[Beyond the Wall: Palestinians and Israelis Through a Child’s Lens: 01/09/06]