These Birds Walk

Matthew_Lucas

Adolescent machismo, no nonsense compassion, & stark poverty all come together in this intriguing and strangely moving Palestinian documentary about a home for misfit runaways in Karachi. At only 70 minutes, the film flies by, and one almost wishes it delved deeper into why some of these children's families so blithely abandoned them, but directors Omar Mullick & Bassam Tariq allow the images to speak for themselves.

Abby Sun

Two interesting scenes/shots: Omar runs to the mosque (available here http://www.traileraddict.com/these-birds-walk/mosque) and the fight in the courtyard.

Jonas A. McCaffery

An aesthetically striking documentary about a shelter for homeless and runaway kids in Pakistan. Because the film is a tight 70 minutes, it seems that the film is too nuanced. The characters, the story, and the location could have been developed further, but I admire the filmmakers for taking the melodrama out of a narrative that could easily fall into schmaltz.

Endless Eye

Painfully, beautifully, alive. A moving portrait of Pakistani runaways.