Garbage dreams
DVD - 2009
"Follows three teenage boys born into the trash trade and growing up in the world's largest garbage village, on the outskirts of Cairo. It is the home to 60,000 Zaballeen, Arabic for "garbage people" Far ahead of any modern "Green" initiatives, the Zaballeen survive by recycling 80 percent of the garbage they collect. When their community is suddenly faced with the globalization of its trade, each of the teenage boys is forced to make choices that will impact his future and the survival of his community"-- www.garbagedreams.com.
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- Published
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New York :
Iskander Films, Inc. : [distributed by] Cinema Guild
c2009.
- Language
- Arabic
English - Other Authors
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- Item Description
- Film supported by a grant from the Sundance Documentary Film Program.
- Physical Description
- 1 videodisc (DVD) (79 min.) : sd., col. with b&w ; 4 3/4 in
- Format
- DVD; NTSC all regions.
- Audience
- Not rated.
- Awards
- Winner, Al Gore Reel Current Award, Nashville Film Festival, 2009; Winner, Montana Cine International Film Festival, 2009; Winner, Bermuda International Film Festival, 2009; Winner, Mexico International Film Festival, 2009; Winner, Vail Film Festival, 2009; Official Selection, SXSW, 2009; Official Selection, Amsterdam Documentary Film Festival, 2009.
- Production Credits
- Cinematographer, Mai Iskander ; editors, Kate Hirson ; music, Raz Mesinai.
- ISBN
- 9780781513296
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