hope everyone can make it to the little theatre today at 7 pm to see “these birds walk.” it’s made by two filmmakers who’re originally from pakistan and it truly speaks to the spirit of the place and its people in a v direct, non-manipulative and beautiful way. the film focuses on runaway boys in an edhi home in karachi. i will be there for a post-screening discussion with linda moroney. hope to see u there!
“Omar is a young runaway boy in Karachi, Pakistan, whose life hangs on one critical question: what is home going to mean for him? Is it going to be in the urban streets where he has made his life, an unstructured home for runaways, or the difficult rural family life he has been trying to flee? And might Omar find an answer in the hardened young man Asad, himself a former street kid and now an ambulance driver for the humanitarian Edhi Foundation who helps the children at Omar’s orphanage return to their homes, often in dangerous territory and at great personal risk? A glancing, non-hagiographic examination of the work being done by humanitarian Abdul Sattar Edhi.”
THESE BIRDS WALK – Official Theatrical Trailer (HD) from Oscilloscope Laboratories on Vimeo.