Docs Soup March

GARBAGE DREAMS
D: Mai Iskander

Shortlisted 2010 Academy Awards (Best Documentary Feature)

“An evocative examination of the clash between tradition and modernism” - The Hollywood Reporter

“Moving… hauntingly familiar… a compelling case that modernization does not always equal progress” - Al Gore

GARBAGE DREAMS 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 per cent of the garbage they collect. When their community is suddenly faced with the globalization of its trade, each boy is forced to make choices that will impact his future and the survival of his community.

GARBAGE DREAMS
Wednesday, March 17 @ 6:30 & 9:15 pm
Bloor Cinema, 506 Bloor Street West
$12 online or at the door (subject to availability)*
A limited number of FREE tickets for the 9:15 pm screening are available to students with proper ID (subject to availability). These tickets are available starting at 5:30 pm on a first-come, first-served basis.