Garbage Dreams

Synopsis

An award-winning documentary that brings to life the humanity and dignity of Cairo’s garbage collector class (Al Zabaleen), highlighting the foresight and value in their work, and their incredible illuminated entrepreneurial spirit. It shows that recycling is not just a contemporary phenomenon linked to relatively recent concerns over global warming. Mai Iskander guides us into a ‘garbage village,' a place so different from our own, and yet the choices they face there are so hauntingly familiar.

Language

Arabic (Arabic with English subtitles)

Country

Egypt

Year of production

2009

Subjects

Anthropology; Environmental science; Geography

Keywords

Cairo; recycling; rubbish; social geography

Credits

Director

Mai Iskander

Distribution Formats

Type

DVD

Format

Region 2 PAL

Price

£12.00

Availability

Sale

Duration/Size

83 minutes

Year

2012

Distributor

Name

Zenith Online Store

Email

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Web

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