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These Birds Walk

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Pakistan, United States · 2013
1h 11m
Director Bassam Tariq
Starring Shehr Ali, Qayyum Bhai, Abdul Sattar Edhi, Asad Ghori
Genre Documentary, Drama

A beautifully shot, inspirational documentary about the Edhi children’s shelter, a rare safe haven for Karachi’s runaways and orphans. Over three years, its cranky founder, a spirited child, and an ambulance driver with a heart of gold are filmed, creating a tender portrait of the space where the city’s most vulnerable and dedicated souls meet.

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Time Out by

Those reunions are not always happy ones—one relative claims that his nephew would be less trouble dead — but they offer a brief, striking glimpse into the situations that make such a organization necessary.

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Variety by Peter Debruge

Instead of explaining the system through conventional narration, which would have been extremely helpful, the filmmakers immerse auds in the world they found, capturing its subjects’ behavior with startling candor.

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The Dissolve by Scott Tobias

Viewers can walk away with something more precious than factoids: an emotional, aesthetically striking experience that cuts more deeply than words. And if they crave more information, that’s what the Internet is for.

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