Charity or Exploitation?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8niql0q3i6c

FROM TWO MONTHS AGO

We got into a long discussion today in my COM 200 class about this documentary that we screened. It has received a lot of praise and criticism- some feel that Zana Briski exploited the children in her production of the piece, and even further ruined their chances of escaping brothel life or at the very least provided them with false hope. I have mixed feelings about the purposes of art, work, philanthropy, aid, and the like on an international level. So often we allow our western opinions about lifestyle influence whom we choose to help and how we go about it. What do you think constitutes “exploitation?” If you were Briski, would you have done anything differently or would you have flirted with an exploitative line at all? Where do go intentions ethically toe the line with journalistic responsibility?